ANNIE and her advice on Optimism!

In the 1982 award winning musical brings the story of a little orphan girl entitled “Annie”. The story of a red hair, adventurous, loving little girl who dreams of finding a family of her very own after growing up in awful orphanage run by the treacherous Miss Hannagan. Annie gets her big break when she is picked to spend a weekend with a millionaire referred to as Daddy Warbucks. This orphan has way about her as she charms all who is in her company. This story tells the tale of Annie’s adventures in the orphanage and finding her ideal dream of a loving family.  One day Daddy Warbucks introduces Annie to the President of the United States during a business meeting. In which she has a conversation with the president of how she copes with her bad days. In this scene she sings the song “Tomorrow” which happens to be the hit song of the musical.  Annie begins by saying

[ANNIE]
The sun'll come out
Tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar
That tomorrow
There'll be sun!

Just thinkin' about
Tomorrow
Clears away the cobwebs,
And the sorrow
'Til there's none!

When I'm stuck a day
That's gray,
And lonely,
I just stick out my chin
And Grin,
And Say,
Oh! The sun'll come out
Tomorrow
So ya gotta hang on
'Til tomorrow
Come what may
Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
I love ya Tomorrow!
You're always
A day
A way!”

Dilemma/Analysis:

Think of all the bad days you have ever had in the past. During those bad days we feel like tomorrow will never come nor will our day ever get better. Often on those miserable days we run into those who encourage us by giving us advice whether we ask for it or not. They do it to shed some light on your gloomy day. Annie does the same during her conversation/ song she sings to the president when he talks about being upset. She talks about how she coped during her everlasting gloomy days in the orphanage. The idea of staying positive and optimistic is seen through this scene when she sings

“…When I'm stuck a day, That’s gray, And lonely,
I just stick out my chin, And Grin, And Say, Oh!

The sun'll come out Tomorrow
So ya gotta hang on 'Til tomorrow. Come what may…”

Being optimistic about tomorrow is sometimes the only thing that can get you through a bad day. The idea that being optimistic is better than dwelling in self pity.