Well put. Sure, sometimes being cheery and sunny all the time gets old. Sometimes things just plain suck. Go with it! Let that part of you out in the open and don't be ashamed of it. Embrace all of your emotions--they're there to help you, even the bad ones. By allowing your darker thoughts in, it will make the lighter ones that much brighter in comparison when you get back on your optimistic wagon.

Hi. I love this question. You might feel as if you're acting "fake" to try and be optimistic in light of terrible circumstances, bad luck, unexpected loss, or general feelings of hopelessness or depression about your situation(s). I think it's not that you should feel things are getting better, but perhaps that you're breathing, you're alive for a reason, and you're surviving. Remember that it's not the fact that things are better or worse (they simply 'are'); your responsibility to yourself is to carry a mantra that works for you. One I'm currently inspired by goes: It's not the situation, but how you choose to react to the situation that will define your character. life can be sucky and hard and feel long and very dark at times, but that's not reality. reality is that you have the ability to attract light to you; you just need to build your own flashlight :)

things for me aren't getting better, but as john lennon sung in "it's getting better all the time", john's melodic response was, "it can't get no worse"!

keep on keepin on.