Outlook on life

Outlook on life

  • optomist

    Votes: 49 44.1%

  • pessimist

    Votes: 20 18.0%

  • pragmatist

    Votes: 42 37.8%
  • Total voters
    111
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ramenth

ramenth

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We've all heard the old saw about "an optimist sees the glass as half full and a pessimist sees the glass as half empty."

There's another choice that a lot of people don't know about. A pragmatist.

A pragmatist sees the glass as just a glass with some water in it. Is the water in the glass at such a level because that's all the water the person wanted? Is the water as such a level because the person drank some?

It is what it is.

Personally, I pray, hope, and work for a positive outcome while preparing for a negative outcome. Whichever happens, it is what it is.

Which are you?
 
The glass has a leak.
 
im definitely an optimist......everything always works out favorably so why waste time worrying that things wont work out when they always do. :cheers:
 
I hope for the best and expect the worst.

I laugh and smile all I can because life will bring misery on its own.

Life is short, eat dessert first.
 
Robert, would you consider this,a pragmatist? What's in front of you,finding the most common solution sense out,with hope? If so,then yes.
 
Well, I just finished my cookies and have not had dinner! Life is what it is!!! You just gotta make the best out of what you have.
 
I agree with WRB426, I think Im an optimist, but I prepare for the worst....although I aint organized enough for that...LOL

Life should come equipped with "oh $hit* handles at times too
 
I don't take life too seriously because I'm never going to get out if it alive...


I try to look at the positive side of things.... Life's too short to worry...
 
ramenth said:
Wow. Must be nice.
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well what i really meant is that life is what you make of it .....no one has everything work out perfect every time ....thats impossible ....but if you focus on the triumps only then its like as if everything does always works out.

i have had plenty of things not work out for me and some bad things happen to me but the outcome of it all was positive because thats what i focus on. The bad things that have happened to me actually lead up to me now which is a very happy me because thats what i focus on.

even the bad things that happen in life open oppertunity to move to a different direction which have as good enough chance of turning out good as it does bad.

if bad things had never happened to me, i probably wouldnt be in the USA now, i probably wouldnt be into cars, i probably would have not gone to college......there are a thousand probabilities. but i focus only on the good ones that did happen so its like as if everything always worked out. :D
 
RaniDart70 said:
well what i really meant is that life is what you make of it .....no one has everything work out perfect every time ....thats impossible ....but if you focus on the triumps only then its like as if everything always works out.

i have had plenty of things not work out for and some bad things happen to me but the outcome of it all was positive because thats what i focus on. The bad things that have happened to me actually lead up to me now which is a very happy me because thats what i focus on.

even the bad things that happen in life open oppertunity to move to a different direction which has as good enough chance of turning out good as it does bad.

if bad things had never happened to me, i probably wouldnt be in the USA now, i probably wouldnt be into cars, i probably would have not gone to college......there are a thousand probabilities. but i focus only on the good ones that did happen. :D
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Rani, I'm glad things turn out in a positive manner for you.

My life experience says that things don't always have a positive outcome, no matter how hard you try.

It is what it is. The best you can do is recover and keep walking.
 
nothingbutdarts said:
Right on Robert!!!

And you my Friend are doing just that!!!!
Kim
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That recovery time depends on the time of the week - or even the time of the day sometimes, Kim.

But there's a Plan. I've yet to know what the Plan is, but one day, standing in front of God, I'll understand what it all means. Until then, the best I can do is just that.
 
Learn and let go.

That's all the past negative outcome has left me with. The past has a lot of positive things to look back on, too.

I keep myself busy with new ideas and pursuing them to the fullest that I can. I don't toy with something, unless I want to study it enough to involve myself as much as I can. So far, it's paid off, but not always in each circumstance.

I'm pragmatic to the core. I don't believe in anything. I either know it or I don't. Tied to my senses and abilities, steadfast in my pursuits, while I stay progressive in my ideas to execute.

You have to move on somehow.
 
My Gramma, who is 91 told me that "its not what happens to you, its how you deal with it". This always struck and stuck with me. I dunno if it specifically applies here Robert, but its come from someone who is happy and 91 years old.
 
Rani may not be an optometrist, but from what I've seen she's a looker.
And she shows wisdom beyond her years.
She points out the classic conundrum.
You go back in time and meet the person that raped your great grandmother.
Do you punch your great grandfather in the nose or shake his hand?


Karma can't be true. I've got it too good.
All I know is that I should be dead and I'm not.
So I have to be an optimist in the sense that good will happen for some reason.
Someone must be watching.
But those black clouds are still following me.
Don't fall off the Trapeze and is life really a circle?
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF8h8dgwcIg"]Black Cloud - Trapeze - HQ - YouTube[/ame]
 
I guess I'm a pessimist. I would be like **** it's half empty working on a way to fill it back up. lol...
 
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