If you believe in God, you can afford to be optimistic like the Queen

Hey you Grannies and Grandpas,

To give the best in all that the day brings

I like the article by Libby Purves in today's Times where she writes about faith and our own longest reigning monarch, H M The Queen's strong, steady and spoken commitment to God.  She highlights the Queen's annual Christmas message which is always underpinned by the fact of her faith.  The Queen's message almost always contains reference to faith and Libby Purves has picked out this gem from these messages which is worth passing on "the teachings of Christ and my own personal accountability before God provide a framework.....I know that the only way to live my life is to try to do what is right, to take the long view, to give of the best in all that the day brings, and to put my trust in God".
That this is what underpins her life is a quiet truth, she only says it once a year and then she gets on the living the life and doing her best.
I like the way that the Queen encourages us to take the Long View.  If we took a short view, then when bad things happen we could be tempted to think that God wasn't looking.  But if we take the long view which is rather more daring, we would see that everything tends back to the good, that out of bad the good still comes.  God comes stealthily into our midst and sometimes makes good when we are fast asleep.
It's worth passing on this belief to the young in whatever way you can.  She does and you can too.