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.”