In this fast-paced modern society, life can be sometimes very stressful. One may get overwhelmed by what's going on. There may be a feeling of helplessness and the world's spinning out of control. It's easy to lose hope. However, hope is something can be created with an optimistic state of mind.

　　Optimism helps to increase hope for several reasons. To begin with, hope is something appears from our inside world. All of us have capacity to generate hope. This capacity is closely related to optimism. Optimism help us overcome fear, supporting us with great courage and confidence to overcome any difficulties. In return, it allows us to hold on to hope. Whatever we do or whatever is done to us, it is always constructive to adopt an optimistic attitude. As the saying goes, smile and the world smiles with you, weep and you weep alone. If you let yourself down, no one can pull you out and the situation could only go from bad to worse. But as long as you have an optimistic state of mind, you can have the situation under your control and therefore be more hopeful. Last but not least, God help those who help themselves. We should first be optimistic and hopeful can we help ourselves. And then you can get help from others. Once you get through the bad situation, hope will eventually be increased.

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　　在這個快節奏的現代社會中，生活有時很有壓力。有的人可能會對正發生的事感到不堪重負。可能會有無助和世界失控的感覺，很容易失去希望。然而，擁有樂觀的心境希望是可以創造的東西。

　　樂觀有助于增加希望有幾個原因。首先，希望是來自我們內心世界的某種東西。我們每個人都有能力去創造希望。這種能力跟樂觀密切相關。樂觀幫助我們克服恐懼，用勇氣和信心支持我們去克服一切困難。反過來，它使我們緊握希望。不管我們做什么或是我們發生了什么，保持樂觀的態度總是有益的。常言道，你微笑世界也會跟著你微笑，你哭泣卻只有你一個人在哭泣。如果你讓自己失望了，沒人能把你拉出來，情況也只會越來越糟。但是，只要你有樂觀的心態，你就可以讓情況在你的.控制之下，因而就更有希望。最后但不是最不要要的一點，自助者天助之。我們只有先保持樂觀和希望，我們才能夠幫助自己。接著你才能得到別人的幫助。一旦你度過了困難，希望最終會增加的。