optimism and pessimism

I believe a pessimistic person will have a tinge of optimism in them. likewise, an optimism person will have their pessimistic moments.

Motivational gurus tell us to look at things positively. I mean i totally agree that we should be positive and optimistic. But there are times when an optimistic person will also face a moment of pessimism. It is a matter of how fast the person can turn over and cheer up again.

I believe the factors that helps or hinders a person from turning a pessimistic moment to optimistic moment are:

1) energy. It takes a lot of self talk and energy to look at things from the positive side. Imagine a dying person who could still laugh when all those around them are crying, do you know how much energy and determination is involved? So it helps if you still have energy, it's quite fast to turn things over and smile again. But try it when you out of energy, especially after a day of work, say, like going home, something bad happened and try turning it over and smile again, trust me, it really zaps up your last bit of energy and sometimes, worse, you may be defeated and get into a spiral of downward unhappiness.

2) events. Depending on the magnitude of the events, it's a direct relationship. The bigger the event, the longer it takes for you to cheer up again. Depending on the number of events, again it's a direct relationship. The more the events for you to try to turn it over to cheer up, the longer it takes for you to turn each subsequent event around and smile again.

makes sense?