Comments on: Are you an Optimist or a Pessimist? http://antbag.com/are-you-an-optimist-or-a-pessimist/ Anthony Baggett Online Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:34:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Max http://antbag.com/are-you-an-optimist-or-a-pessimist/comment-page-1/#comment-121803 Max Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:53:53 +0000 http://antbag.com/are-you-an-optimist-or-a-pessimist/#comment-121803 I'm a pessemist myself, and I agree with popo. I often expect the worst outcome, knowing that if that does occur, which is unlikely, I'm prepared for it. And if it goes better then it's a nice surprise. Also, being realistic isn't a cop-out. This is a REAL world we live in, so be realistic. I want music lessons, but I know I don't have the money, so I'm realistic and realise it's not possible, deal with it, and look for other possibilities. And maybe pessimism does lower the mood of others, but that's just the way I am. If others don't like it they can stay away from me, I'm not interested. For those that agree, or can live with it, they are usually the kind of people you can get on with. Either way, it's just what suits you, partly your upbringing and background and how you want to perceive your life. I’m a pessemist myself, and I agree with popo. I often expect the worst outcome, knowing that if that does occur, which is unlikely, I’m prepared for it. And if it goes better then it’s a nice surprise.

Also, being realistic isn’t a cop-out. This is a REAL world we live in, so be realistic. I want music lessons, but I know I don’t have the money, so I’m realistic and realise it’s not possible, deal with it, and look for other possibilities.

And maybe pessimism does lower the mood of others, but that’s just the way I am. If others don’t like it they can stay away from me, I’m not interested. For those that agree, or can live with it, they are usually the kind of people you can get on with.

Either way, it’s just what suits you, partly your upbringing and background and how you want to perceive your life.

]]> By: Ram http://antbag.com/are-you-an-optimist-or-a-pessimist/comment-page-1/#comment-119680 Ram Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:38:37 +0000 http://antbag.com/are-you-an-optimist-or-a-pessimist/#comment-119680 The world spins in two circles. Once every so often, it switches thus changing the landscape forever. Once the optimist realizes reality, he will be a pessimist. Once the pessimist becomes happy, he will be a optimist. Depending on your own views, an optimist can be the very being of hope, happiness and delusion. The pessimist never lets out a single detail, thus, is very much attached to reality. Life, cruel as it is, is a happy one for optimist whilst the pessimist curses it and wishes he was never born. The reality sometimes is too harsh for us to see. If you imagine Optimists as the Yin and the Pessimists are the Yang, then it becomes much clearer (Just using the Yin/Yang as a example, makes the picture clearer, although I never believed in it). To be successful, you need both, and neither, depending on how you define success. I personally, think it is IMPOSSIBLE to be only one of them(optimist/pessimist). It is like saying you all are pure and good, whilst the other is evil and tainted. If you believe in God, it is said in the Bible that God created opposites of everything. There is no Shadow without the Light, There is no Light without the shadow.(if the latter one confuses you, think about it like this. If there is no Shadow, how would you define the light? Everything would be the same, white, and thus you have nothing) Often the Light brings destruction, and the shadow brings Justice. It’s all up to the person. The world spins in two circles. Once every so often, it switches thus changing the landscape forever. Once the optimist realizes reality, he will be a pessimist. Once the pessimist becomes happy, he will be a optimist. Depending on your own views, an optimist can be the very being of hope, happiness and delusion. The pessimist never lets out a single detail, thus, is very much attached to reality. Life, cruel as it is, is a happy one for optimist whilst the pessimist curses it and wishes he was never born. The reality sometimes is too harsh for us to see. If you imagine Optimists as the Yin and the Pessimists are the Yang, then it becomes much clearer (Just using the Yin/Yang as a example, makes the picture clearer, although I never believed in it). To be successful, you need both, and neither, depending on how you define success.

I personally, think it is IMPOSSIBLE to be only one of them(optimist/pessimist). It is like saying you all are pure and good, whilst the other is evil and tainted. If you believe in God, it is said in the Bible that God created opposites of everything.

There is no Shadow without the Light, There is no Light without the shadow.(if the latter one confuses you, think about it like this. If there is no Shadow, how would you define the light? Everything would be the same, white, and thus you have nothing) Often the Light brings destruction, and the shadow brings Justice. It’s all up to the person.

]]> By: Rhonda Olsen http://antbag.com/are-you-an-optimist-or-a-pessimist/comment-page-1/#comment-90015 Rhonda Olsen Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:25:12 +0000 http://antbag.com/are-you-an-optimist-or-a-pessimist/#comment-90015 Being optimistic is a powerful way to go through life.....BUT only if you take action at the same time to allow that optimism to shine through. Laura, I love your comments on this subject.......that when you were optimistic, you just assumed everything would be fine without the need to take action. Then you switched to pessimism and made sure you got what you wanted by actually doing something to get it.....I think at heart you were still optimistic....and a little more pragmatic. :0) Being optimistic is a powerful way to go through life…..BUT only if you take action at the same time to allow that optimism to shine through. Laura, I love your comments on this subject…….that when you were optimistic, you just assumed everything would be fine without the need to take action. Then you switched to pessimism and made sure you got what you wanted by actually doing something to get it…..I think at heart you were still optimistic….and a little more pragmatic. :0)

]]> By: Mike http://antbag.com/are-you-an-optimist-or-a-pessimist/comment-page-1/#comment-80113 Mike Sat, 23 May 2009 18:01:45 +0000 http://antbag.com/are-you-an-optimist-or-a-pessimist/#comment-80113 The world spins in two circles. Once every so often, it switches thus changing the landscape forever. Once the optimist realizes reality, he will be a pessimist. Once the pessimist becomes happy, he will be a optimist. Depending on your own views, an optimist can be the very being of hope, happiness and delusion. The pessimist never lets out a single detail, thus, is very much attached to reality. Life, cruel as it is, is a happy one for optimist whilst the pessimist curses it and wishes he was never born. The reality sometimes is too harsh for us to see. If you imagine Optimists as the Yin and the Pessimists are the Yang, then it becomes much clearer (Just using the Yin/Yang as a example, makes the picture clearer, although I never believed in it). To be successful, you need both, and neither, depending on how you define success. I personally, think it is IMPOSSIBLE to be only one of them(optimist/pessimist). It is like saying you all are pure and good, whilst the other is evil and tainted. If you believe in God, it is said in the Bible that God created opposites of everything. There is no Shadow without the Light, There is no Light without the shadow.(if the latter one confuses you, think about it like this. If there is no Shadow, how would you define the light? Everything would be the same, white, and thus you have nothing) Often the Light brings destruction, and the shadow brings Justice. It's all up to the person. The world spins in two circles. Once every so often, it switches thus changing the landscape forever. Once the optimist realizes reality, he will be a pessimist. Once the pessimist becomes happy, he will be a optimist. Depending on your own views, an optimist can be the very being of hope, happiness and delusion. The pessimist never lets out a single detail, thus, is very much attached to reality. Life, cruel as it is, is a happy one for optimist whilst the pessimist curses it and wishes he was never born. The reality sometimes is too harsh for us to see. If you imagine Optimists as the Yin and the Pessimists are the Yang, then it becomes much clearer (Just using the Yin/Yang as a example, makes the picture clearer, although I never believed in it). To be successful, you need both, and neither, depending on how you define success.

I personally, think it is IMPOSSIBLE to be only one of them(optimist/pessimist). It is like saying you all are pure and good, whilst the other is evil and tainted. If you believe in God, it is said in the Bible that God created opposites of everything.

There is no Shadow without the Light, There is no Light without the shadow.(if the latter one confuses you, think about it like this. If there is no Shadow, how would you define the light? Everything would be the same, white, and thus you have nothing) Often the Light brings destruction, and the shadow brings Justice. It’s all up to the person.

]]> By: Livetowin http://antbag.com/are-you-an-optimist-or-a-pessimist/comment-page-1/#comment-55065 Livetowin Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:53:08 +0000 http://antbag.com/are-you-an-optimist-or-a-pessimist/#comment-55065 Optimism and Pessimism are just names people have given to different attidudes, and being in between the two is VERY possible. i think of myself as a realist/optimist, or a optimist/realist. btw my motto is Live To Win and to do so i need to A. think that i am awesome and that other people are awesome two B.be a realist as this is a vital part to successful thinking. the glass half full question is a perfect example. lets say you are in the desert, with 1000mls of water. you drink half of it, and you're down to 500ml. in other words, there is just half a glass of water sitting on the table. but then again i would try and remain optimistic about me reaching a destination where there is civallisation, for obvious reasons. Optimism and Pessimism are just names people have given to different attidudes, and being in between the two is VERY possible. i think of myself as a realist/optimist, or a optimist/realist. btw my motto is Live To Win and to do so i need to
A. think that i am awesome and that other people are awesome two
B.be a realist as this is a vital part to successful thinking. the glass half full question is a perfect example. lets say you are in the desert, with 1000mls of water. you drink half of it, and you’re down to 500ml. in other words, there is just half a glass of water sitting on the table. but then again i would try and remain optimistic about me reaching a destination where there is civallisation, for obvious reasons.

]]> By: Laura http://antbag.com/are-you-an-optimist-or-a-pessimist/comment-page-1/#comment-28413 Laura Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:20:57 +0000 http://antbag.com/are-you-an-optimist-or-a-pessimist/#comment-28413 I think it depends on both the situation and the individual. At my core, I'm pretty much a hard-core pessimist. Used to be an optimist, but got pretty disillusioned by life. Funny thing is, when the "change" happened, I started doing much, MUCH better in school (then, later college, jobs, etc.). It went something a bit like this: Optimistic me: "Things will be fine, I'm intelligent... I don't need to study" Pessimistic me: "Oh hell, I need to study or I'm gonna fail everything!!" This, inevitably, lead to great success. I didn't act like a pessimist outwardly though. Funnily enough, I was a frickin' comedian, and sunny as hell. I've known other people who went from optimistic to pessimistic and turned out differently, though... like I said, I think it depends on the person/situation... I think it depends on both the situation and the individual.

At my core, I’m pretty much a hard-core pessimist. Used to be an optimist, but got pretty disillusioned by life. Funny thing is, when the “change” happened, I started doing much, MUCH better in school (then, later college, jobs, etc.).

It went something a bit like this:

Optimistic me: “Things will be fine, I’m intelligent… I don’t need to study”
Pessimistic me: “Oh hell, I need to study or I’m gonna fail everything!!”

This, inevitably, lead to great success.

I didn’t act like a pessimist outwardly though. Funnily enough, I was a frickin’ comedian, and sunny as hell.

I’ve known other people who went from optimistic to pessimistic and turned out differently, though… like I said, I think it depends on the person/situation…

]]> By: Anthony http://antbag.com/are-you-an-optimist-or-a-pessimist/comment-page-1/#comment-20201 Anthony Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:39:29 +0000 http://antbag.com/are-you-an-optimist-or-a-pessimist/#comment-20201 popo, I respect your opinion, but disagree. In my opinion and experience, pessimism causes people to miss good opportunities and leads them to only focus on how bad they perceive things to be. That's my opinion. popo,
I respect your opinion, but disagree. In my opinion and experience, pessimism causes people to miss good opportunities and leads them to only focus on how bad they perceive things to be. That’s my opinion.

]]> By: popo http://antbag.com/are-you-an-optimist-or-a-pessimist/comment-page-1/#comment-20198 popo Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:11:08 +0000 http://antbag.com/are-you-an-optimist-or-a-pessimist/#comment-20198 it's all wrong, being pessimistic is about believing things are most likely to go wrong, and thus, a strong pessimist will count on everything, thus has a more fail-safe plan then the optimist. and of course, the optimist will become more bittered, as things turn out less wonderful then initially thought, while the pessimist is always amazed at how well things went. I always believe in things to turn out for the worst, but when it's over, I always find the good things that have come out of it. when you want the best, prepare for the worst. it’s all wrong, being pessimistic is about believing things are most likely to go wrong, and thus, a strong pessimist will count on everything, thus has a more fail-safe plan then the optimist.

and of course, the optimist will become more bittered, as things turn out less wonderful then initially thought, while the pessimist is always amazed at how well things went.

I always believe in things to turn out for the worst, but when it’s over, I always find the good things that have come out of it.

when you want the best, prepare for the worst.

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