Optimism Gallery

Optimism is a powerful tool that can be used to improve our lives, and is the belief that good things will happen in the future

Do you want some? By H.M. Bateman
" Do you want some? Innoculating a pessimist with Merry Christmas bacilli." This cartoon mentions the recent discovery of Reading Bacillus by Leonard Joyce as a new way of healing wounds

Cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) growing on fallow fields near Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, June. Taken with fisheye lens

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Leucospermum cordifolium Pincushion Orange subject White b/g

Water lilies (Nymphaeaceae) seen from below, Cenote Car Wash / Aktun Ha, Mexico. Yucatan peninsula

Darwins Orchid (Angraecum sesquipedale) species which is pollinated by a long-tongued moth, from Ambila, Madagascar. Photograph taken on location for BBC Wild Madagascar Series, August 2009

Silhouette, Hope Springs Eternal in the Human Breast
Hope Springs Eternal in the Human Breast -- silhouette showing a shipwrecked man standing on a raft, waving to a ship on the horizon

King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) flying low over water. Floe edge, Arctic Bay, Nunavut, Canada, April

Poster for l Exposition du Centenaire de la Lithographie. D Alesi, F. Hugo (1849-1906), Artist

The Big Push March 1916
The Big Push - a march, no doubt intended to rouse all who hear it to push a little harder for victory Date: 1916

Ww1 / 1915 / German Optimism
The German people favours OPTIMISMUS rather than PESSIMISMUS [though isn t it ironic that the sign should be rose-tinted spectacles ?]

E. Hamel & Co. advert - There are busy times ahead!, 1919. From The British Printer Vol. XXXII. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1919]

Francois-Jean de Beauvoir, Marquis de Chastellux, from Gallery of Historical Portraits'
KW327844 Francois-Jean de Beauvoir, Marquis de Chastellux, from Gallery of Historical Portraits, published c.1880 (litho) by English School

Poster for l Electricine, Lucien Lefevre 1850 France, exhibited in the Salon des Independents in Paris in 1872 and 1873. A pupil of Jules Cheret

Cartoon, The Allies, WW1
Cartoon, The Allies during the First World War. Linking arms, they sing: Are we all here? Yes! And if we re all here, thats all right

Cartoon, K and His (Anti) German Garden, WW1
Cartoon, K and His (Anti) German Garden, showing Lord Kitchener watering his garden during the First World War to grow more army recruits ready for a spring offensive. Date: 1914

RF- Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) fish-eye lens. Devon, UK. June

Wild Garlic / ramsons (Allium ursinum) leaves emerging in early spring. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. March

Mountain pansy (Viola lutea) flowers, Strathspey, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, June

Cartoon, The Optimist and the Pessimist, showing two men reading the same news items about the war but reacting in very different ways. Date: 1915

New York World's Fair 1939 (poster)
5615769 New York World's Fair 1939 (poster) by Atherton, John Carleton (1900-52); Private Collection; (add.info.: poster by John Atherton (1900-1952)

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I know things ll be better soon
The Caption is Yes I know things ll be better soon. By this date the war is clearly near its end so the optimism is justified

Happy faces
Keep smiling. A note of optimism during a difficult period in our history. Date: circa 1932

WW2 pop-up greetings card (inside), soldier in khaki -- If its OK by you, its OK by me. Date: circa 1942

WW2 greetings card, RAF pilot
WW2 pop-up greetings card (inside), RAF pilot shaking hands with a colleague. Date: circa 1942

WW2 birthday card, dog and two cats
WW2 pop-up birthday card (inside), a spotted dog and two black cats with binoculars as fire watchers and aircraft spotters, All Good Wishes and the Best of Luck! Date: circa 1942

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Helianthus - variety not identified Sunflower Yellow subject Blue b/g

RF - Wild garlic (Allium ursinum) flower close-up, Lanhydrock woodland, Cornwall, UK. May

White waterlily (Nymphaea alba) in a peat bog lake, De Weerribben-Wieden National Park, Holland. September

Temperate rainforest with Vine maple (Acer circinatum) and fern, Golden Ears provincial park, British Columbia, Canada, July

Wood Anemones (Anemone nemorosa) in flower on woodland floor, low angle fish eye view, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, May

Magnolia Rustica rubra in flower in garden, UK, May

Blackbird (Turdus merula) male in flight during snowfall, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands. January

Beech (Fagus) leaves against white background. Scotland

Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) UK, July

Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. March

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) Spain

RF- Grape hyacinths (Muscari) and Daffodils (Narcissus sp) in flower, Norfolk, UK, March

Cornfield annual summer wildflowers growing on one of the plant charity Landlife s
Cornfield annual summer wildflowers growing on one of the plant charity Landlifes National Wildflower Farms, St Helens, Merseyside, UK, June

Giant Water Lily (Victoria amazonica) flower in a lagoon at Porto Jofre, off the Cuiaba River, northern Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, South America

Surprised Santa
Santa surprised at empty vault

War Budget cover - 1916
Front cover of The War Budget showing a British soldier, bayonet fixed, looking determinedly into the future as a New Year - 1916 - dawns. Date: 1915

WW1 Aim for Victory French optimism in 1914 - General Pau
WW1 - Aim for Victory - French optimism in 1914, the card shows troops resting before a push for ultimate victory - the card also has a portrait of French General Paul Marie Cesar Gerald Pau

Cartoon, French women in munitions factory, WW1
Cartoon showing French women working in a munitions factory. One woman tells her boss: we ve replaced rice powder (used in cosmetics) with gunpowder. Date: 1917

Peasants dancing on anniversary of Revolution, Russia
Peasants enjoying a general holiday, dancing and celebrating on the anniversary of the Revolution in Russia. Date: circa 1918

Four cats with toothache on a New Year card, quoting from Charles Dickens characters (Sairey Gamp, Mrs Harris, Betsy Prig and Tiny Tim) -- Its best to grin and bear it! Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, No need to worry, WW1
Cartoon, No need to worry, showing various complacent people, soldiers and civilians, thinking that war isn t such a bad thing, as they themselves are doing all right. Date: 1916

Cartoon, On the eve of repatriation, WW1
Cartoon, On the eve of repatriation. A German patient in a French hospital asks an orderly if he will be ok with his reconstructed chin containing silver

The Irrespressibles by J. H. Thorpe
Xmas 1913 - and 1914, but still smiling. The irrepressible spirit of the British Tommy illustrated by J. H. Thorpe in December 1914. Date: 1914

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Optimism is a powerful tool that can be used to improve our lives, and is the belief that good things will happen in the future, and it can help us to stay positive even when faced with difficult situations. Optimism has been linked to better physical and mental health, improved relationships, and higher levels of success and can also help us to cope with stress more effectively, as well as increase our resilience in the face of adversity. Furthermore, optimistic people tend to be more creative and have better problem-solving skills than those who are pessimistic. Finally, optimism helps us to stay motivated and focused on achieving our goals. All in all, optimism is an invaluable asset that should not be overlooked or underestimated; it has the power to transform our lives for the better.