Always hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. Optimism without caution can be delusional.
Lock and Load.
Gosh, my FRiend, you could be my wife talkin' like that...or my shrink...or my Daddy...or my boss's boss...or that dude down at the 7-11 where I always buy my IceHouse beer (from Planktown Breweries, but owned ultimately by Miller, which is a key contributor to the bottom line of Philip Morris Tobackky)...anyway, Mudboy's sorta like Burt Reynold's "Lewis"-character in "Deliverance" and anything but delusional.
Long sentence...MUD