(Submitted by The Art of Living Team)
All of us are born intelligent optimists. All of us! You don’t believe me? Let me ask you this: have you ever met a pessimistic 5-year-old? Did you ever see a child who fell to the ground, bloodied his knees and, after drying his tears, said he wasn’t going to run anymore?
Such children don’t exist. They get up, try again and keep smiling - even if sometimes through their tears. Each kid instinctively has the intelligence that getting past failure and continuing to try is a good, fulfilling and natural state.