posted January 31, 2016 11:09 AM            

I guess I also get my optimism from my strength of facing adversity. It hasn't been easy having a speech disability but it has forced me to always try to see the light at the end of the tunnel even if I've had a rough day because of it. I guess after years of forcing myself to think positively on the days that I felt like giving up and surrendering to the challenges of my impediment, it helped build a foundation of determination to always remain optimistic :-)

On another note, I was just wondering to myself if Anne Frank was a Leo ascendant. I just looked it up right now, and indeed she is :-) She had a beautiful quote:

posted January 31, 2016 11:19 AM            

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Originally posted by polkadotstars:
as an 8th house Pisces sun/moon with Leo Asc, I have to say I'm a realistic optimist. In the sense that I try to see the positive in my situations. I don't like to be sad and see things as gloom and doom.

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I can relate to that, but I guess it's just semantics for me. I don't consider myself to be optimistic, but rather I don't like to sit around and allow life to beat the crap out of me. I've been there and done that, and I don't like it. I prefer to be strong in the face of adversity, if possible.

But no, I would not consider myself optimistic, still.

I remain thankful for what I have when life gets hard, because I know it could be much, much worse.
And when it's difficult, I do try not to dwell on that.
But I do worry a lot in my spare time!

posted January 31, 2016 11:22 AM            

I love that quote.
http://www.astrotheme.com/astrology/Anne_Frank

Leo moon, Mars, and Neptune, too!

And again, Pisces in the 8H.

posted January 31, 2016 11:25 AM            

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Originally posted by Violets:
I can relate to that, but I guess it's just semantics for me. I don't consider myself to be optimistic, but rather I don't like to sit around and allow life to beat the crap out of me. I've been there and done that, and I don't like it. I prefer to be strong in the face of adversity, if possible.

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#CapMarsMotto.

posted January 31, 2016 11:29 AM            

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Originally posted by Elysia:
#CapMarsMotto.

Me likey.

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posted January 31, 2016 11:31 AM            

ETA: Laughing at the bow, not the dp...

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Originally posted by Violets:
I remain thankful for what I have when life gets hard, because I know it could be much, much worse.

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That's my general attitude, too. No matter how bad something is, I'm thinking, "Could be worse."

For the most part. There have been moments here and there where I don't have that perspective and cannot be comforted by anything.

So often when I think "it could be worse" I'm thinking back to those few times when I was inconsolable.

posted January 31, 2016 11:47 AM            

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Originally posted by Faith:
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ETA: Laughing at the bow, not the dp...

That's my general attitude, too. No matter how bad something is, I'm thinking, "Could be worse."

For the most part. There have been moments here and there where I don't have that perspective and cannot be comforted by anything.

So often when I think "it could be worse" I'm thinking back to those few times when I was inconsolable.

But I believe in heaven, a universal force of love, higher meaning...and that puts a buffer on everything.

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Yes, this.

I don't believe in Heaven, and my thoughts on spirituality can fluctuate. But I do believe that some things happen for a higher reason. Emphasis on the word *some*. But that's a recent development for me, that skepticism. I don't mind it, though.

I should say that I do believe in a spiritual afterlife, but I don't know what that looks like, or if it's necessarily the same for everyone.

I do believe in guides, angels, spiritual helpers, and our loved ones looking after us after they've passed on, if they choose to do so and are able.

posted January 31, 2016 01:35 PM            

But I think it's a GOOD afterlife, for most people, in most ways...that's what the people who've had NDE's keep saying.