Of course, the optimist must be aware that merely setting a course along the compass point in no way guarantees the arrival at the desired destination. But not to set the course at all gives little if any chance of success. Optimism appears as a moral imperative. It is my optimistic forecast that knowledge is the key to optimism. Both are miserably wrong.
Ignorance creates entirely the wrong atmosphere for having a good day.
It is knowledge and the confidence it inspires that allows the dawn to arrive full of hope. We are afraid of what we don't know. We know more confidently what we can and can't do, and also the difference between the two. It is an imperative. Could Be Waiting for You.