Brightness
How much light you bring to what you're looking at. Controls whether you see the hopeful side or the dark side of a situation.
Cynthia and the Ship as a Break
Brightness controls whether you see the hopeful or dark side of a situation. Cynthia had every reason to see deployment as the hardest part of her life — months from her kids, living in a tiny bunk. Instead, she genuinely saw it as the lighter side of her existence compared to managing everything at home. Her brightness dial was turned up in a context where most people would turn it down.