The first verse in the Torah tells us that G-d created the world. A man of faith is an optimist: His faith is neither hollow and vague, nor a naïve platitude that everything is great – but rather the clear recognition that the world is not wanton, and is "positive" in its essence. Good will always find its way to victory. This is an existential, spiritual sense – but its fingerprints are clearly felt throughout the course of our everyday lives.