'seeking optimism' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase to describe someone's attitude or outlook, such as: "Alice is always seeking optimism, no matter how tough the situation is."
I wanted her to see reason; she wanted me to seek optimism.
He seeks eternal optimism.
On the other hand, Sikh spirituality seeks "buoyant optimism" for all of humanity.
Mr Mugabe has called for peaceful conduct during and after the elections, and Mr Tsvangirai has also expressed optimism, seeking to allay fears of a repeat of the violence that marred the 2008 polls.
The scale contains five coping dimensions (Seeking understanding, Control, Optimism, Wishful thinking, Support for feeling and Support for actions).
North Dakotans have generally been resilient, balancing realism with long-range optimism and seeking new methods of economic development while preserving their love of the land and what it can produce.
Nearby, at the Gardens of Remembrance, designed by Piet Oudolf, workers installed a finishing touch last month: oval-shaped plaques dedicated to those who died Sept. 11, 2001, those who survived and "all who come seeking renewed hope and optimism".
Among them there will be some who will be seeking any grounds for optimism they can extract from Mr Netanyahu's gnomic use of that single word "Achen".
And yet, in remarks closely following similarly upbeat statements by American military officials in Baghdad, the prime minister also sought to lend optimism to his government's efforts to bring security to Baghdad and other parts of the country, and to rule out the possibility of civil war.
Meeting with his economic aides at the White House in the morning in the first of two meetings on the economy, Mr. Bush again sought to project optimism at a time of financial turbulence after the Fed's brokering of the takeover of Bear Stearns by JPMorgan Chase.
