A New Yorker piece written in a possibly familiar voice.
"Ask the Optimist!" Also, a puppet version, with some notable voices - including John Hodgman:
"Soon, your troubles will be over." ---
"If someone tells me some bad news? I ignore it! Like, I knew this one guy, very Optimistic, who was being eaten by a shark and did not even scream but just kept shouting, “It’s all for the best!” Now, that was an Optimist!"