But I have the feeling that being aware that life is short is optimistic. ((Looking For Time, Mortality, Unreasonable Reason, Way Station)) Being aware that tiny moments of happiness are precious, is optimistic. ((Hellbox)) Being aware that life is not a story, and that you just have the life you have, I think is something optimistic in fact. Just having the feeling of being alive is something optimistic, I think just because it’s the best that we can have. ((Fallen Defective Creatures)) I think the most precious thing in life is not what we possess, but the only richness is the hours of life that we have, the years of life we have, and that’s the most precious thing. ((Spinoza)) After that it’s done, yeah.