You mine buddhist story or mine? :D In case of the former, you can add your conclusions/interpretations. In case of latter, there definitely is :)

Recently I heard very interesting distinction. I identified myself as structural pesimist and human nature optimist, meaning - I'm bearish on the general future on current tracetory (you could call it realistic view), however, at the same time, I am really optimistic about possibility of the good ending for humanity in general. And finding positive aspects everywhere is a mental health exercise I guess :) At the end, we don't know about consequences of apparently unpleasent events.