That's fair – I wasn't being particularly rigorous when I implied "delusion".
Resiliently optimistic is better. Reminds of me of the Stockdale Paradox:
"You must maintain unwavering faith that you can and will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties, and at the same time, have the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be."
Resiliently optimistic is better. Reminds of me of the Stockdale Paradox:
"You must maintain unwavering faith that you can and will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties, and at the same time, have the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stockdale#The_Stockdale_...