I tend to want to believe there's no middle ground just as you've also said, but then, I try to balance it all out. I think life makes us either optimists or pessimists. We didn't start out choosing to be whatever we are. For me. I like to look at reality as the gold standards. For me, instead of optimism I just like to say I have faith in God which is completely different from being positive or optimistic.

@tipu curate