The Proactive Optimist

I asked a fellow writer if
she was shopping a manuscript around. 
She replied that she was waiting for
a rejection from a certain agent. 

Although I knew what her response would be,
I asked what other agents she had sent it to. 
Her answer? 
The predictable no other.  

Why was this predictable? 
Because pessimists are not often proactive. 
That’s a sign of an optimist. 
As Priscilla Palmer writes
“the Optimist lives proactively. 
He looks for solutions rather than
dwelling on the problem.”