Believing something because you simply want it to be true

"Truth and living with truth is very important to getting on in life. Not truthiness, but truth . As Suze Orman says in her lectures on money , “Stand in the truth . Do the arithmetic, and stand in the truth . If you can not afford a vacation , tell that to your kids and stand by what you say . ” In the very short run , really believing something because you simply want it to be true can be comforting. In the long run , it is generally catastrophic. Of course, we live with uncertainty everyday , but some things are more certain than others."