Gloom, in Optimism.

Come to think of it, optimism and that funky/melancholic feeling go almost hand-in-hand, no?

'Gloomily optimistic' looks like an oxymoron at first sight, but naww, they're actually pretty good friends.


It's utterly possible because if you're optimistic, you imagine (expect, even) great things, you think of Things That Dreams Are Made Of, you wonder what goes beyond the boundaries.

Right out the door, cross the street, a little further than state lines, into the next country, all the way to the farthest continent, past that line where the sky meets the ocean, whither then?

Who knows. Who can imagine.



And what happens when you don't get there?

Or worse still, what happens if you're told there's no such place, it doesn't exist?

"Sorry lass, this is as far as you can go. Why dontcha make do with what you have?"

What then?

You become Gloomily Optimistic, is what. *Triumphant look*

Hah, told you it was possible.

You still think of what lies beyond the Realm of Reality, and you want to prove (PROVE!) that it DOES exist, I WILL find it!, but this time without that reckless abandon, and with a lot more vigilance.


Sometimes you know, know, KNOW of great and utterly wonderful things that can happen, but you also know that it's not happening yet, or you don't know how to make it happen.

Then you get a bit gloomy.

But of course, it's the kind of gloom that drives you.

Makes you sit in an place (no interruptions, please), far from distractions, far from what you think are your responsibilities, makes you Think.

In other words, make you go on that Isolation Scheme!


Ling told me I was weird when I said I find inspiration from All Things Melancholic.

(Beautiful word, isn't it? MelanCHOlic. Brings to mind a silver bell, softly tingling in the wind.)



Don't worry if you don't understand my Incomprehensible Theory on optimism.

I'm writing this as the words come to my mind, so I'm not spending a lot of time on this.

I haven't done that in a pretty long time. Maybe that's why blogging was getting very blah for me.

I gotta say, 'twas very enjoyable!






And what is the point of all the above words that make up this very redundant, very 'extra' post?

Nothing. No point.

Other than me trying to say that I'm feeling very Gloomily Optimistic these days.

(Now, I could've said all that in one line!)