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.

在这个快节奏的现代社会中，生活有时很有压力。有的人可能会对正发生的事感到不堪重负。可能会有无助和世界失控的感觉，很容易失去希望。然而，拥有乐观的心境希望是可以创造的东西。

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.

乐观有助于增加希望有几个原因。首先，希望是来自我们内心世界的某种东西。我们每个人都有能力去创造希望。这种能力跟乐观密切相关。乐观帮助我们克服恐惧，用勇气和信心支持我们去克服一切困难。反过来，它使我们紧握希望。不管我们做什么或是我们发生了什么，保持乐观的态度总是有益的。常言道，你微笑世界也会跟着你微笑，你哭泣却只有你一个人在哭泣。如果你让自己失望了，没人能把你拉出来，情况也只会越来越糟。但是，只要你有乐观的心态，你就可以让情况在你的控制之下，因而就更有希望。最后但不是最不要要的一点，自助者天助之。我们只有先保持乐观和希望，我们才能够帮助自己。接着你才能得到别人的帮助。一旦你度过了困难，希望最终会增加的。