As a child, I grew up in a Christian home in the state of Iowa. And she would grab my hand and enthusiastically lead me to the window. Pointing out of the window pane, she would direct my gaze to the true sign of spring. The time of the singing of the birds has come. After winter comes the spring.
Pessimism is a negative, unscientific, and emotional reaction.
It is a frame of mind that is irrational. The winter always melts away. Spring is inevitable. And the robin always returns to Iowa. The time of the singing of the birds has come.