#3 An Optimist Parks Far Away

It can be quite disappointing to pull into your local grocer and find that after your second time around the parking lot there are no openings. Pity. For the optimist, parking far away is a preferable outcome. Get that walk in, breathe the fresh air for a moment, and maybe even meet a friend on the way to the entrance! Also, don't forget that the probability of a cart bashing into your car is exponentially lower since an optimist's car is in the back, free from the condensed and dangerous phantom ramming carts. Embrace the walk, the talk, the air.

#2 Treat Broken Items as Puzzles!

The inventor of the puzzle could have been a renaissance grotto painter whose work crumbled to pieces and reassembled it or it could have been a stained glass window maker whose works shattered and then reassembled it. They were definitely an optimist whoever they were. Somehow great joy comes to many when they assemble a puzzle. A puzzle defined by a non-optimist is a picture that is broken into pieces. Do people enjoy putting together their broken items? For the most part no, but to the optimist it is a definite YES! It's just a puzzle! Computer in pieces? Well now it is a tactile howstuffworks learning experience or your own DIY private mosaics class. On the bright side, you can now see the inner workings of man's ability to create sophisticated technology while enhancing your personal manual dexterity and technical prowess. Of course people are saddened by the loss of their mint-state personal items, but hey there is only one way to positively look at life's inevitable breakages.

#1 When the Wrong Order Excites You

A lot of people might be upset to find that their order of a grilled chicken sandwich has been replaced by an illegitimate double cheeseburger at the drive-thru. What is this foreign entity sitting in my bag? Who was the meddlesome employee who changed my order? But to the optimist, this is gold. This is the opportunity to allow your gastronomic preferences to live vicariously through a mysterious person's order. Who were they? Where were they going? This mystery is too exciting. You don't question the mistake of the restaurant because this is a spontaneous gift of life. This cheeseburger is a temporary escape from one's digestive identity. Plus, an optimists diet is flexible. Capitalize on culinary misfortunes, especially when it is a spontaneous change of routine.