We set goals that come from God. We look past our problems and difficulties. I have a vision that we can be used by God to call the world back to faith in God, in the Bible and in Jesus Christ. Pessimism is abnormal. It is a sickness.
Optimism is wholeness and health.
And you cannot be an optimist if you cut yourself off from a belief in a beautiful God. The secularist cannot face the reality of the sin, the crime, the terrorism, and the suffering in this world and yet remain an optimist. We need a Higher Power. We need a God Who loves eternally. Because I know the night hours don't last long.