pessimist

I was reading an interesting post over at PT Money, "How to Save Money Like a Madman."This is the part that really caught my eye: Get Paranoid - Like the madman, you’ve got to believe that "they are out to get you!" By "they" I mean life emergencies and set-backs: job losses, higher taxes in retirement, medical problems, etc.Tim and I have been living this way for years. When you have two peop

Frost is a great artist and essentially a poet but not a philosopher – he is a philosopher poet. The writings of a poet are largely dictated by the rhythms of his moods. Expecting any systematic exposition of philosophy from a poet is undesirable and totally unwarranted. However, from repeated expression of certain views in poem after poem, one can extract certain basic concepts and t

Your glass.. is it half empty or half full?? I gotta be honest and say it all looks and sounds the same to me and what's important is, when I down my water, I need a refill! Naturally though, I was born an optimist. I always looked on the brighter side of things.. Or maybe because I was just plain naive.. But when I grew older, the optimist in me grew more "realistic" and I have a pessimist

Our pastor started his homily the other week with an observation he made about how the mind of an engineer works. I am posting it here as a service to all non-engineers. Living in this town I have been given a unique opportunity. There is an prevalence of engineers living here and I have [...]

The fact that Hardy resented being called a pessimist is no reason why he should not be thus described. Hardy was the painter of darker side of life as it was no wonder if people charged him of “pessimist”. The opinion is both right and wrong in this context. In fact, there are some factors that compels us to believe him a pessimist. He was hypersensitive; his own life was tragic and gloomy. For a speculative soul, this world is a thorny field. The gloomy effect of his age plays an important role in his writings. Doubts, despair, disbelief, frustration, industrial revolution, disintegration of old social and economic structure, Darwin’s theory of evolution were the chief characteristics of that age. All these factors probe deep into his writings and heighten its somber, melanch

An avid duck hunter was in the market for a new bird dog. His search ended when he found a dog that could actually walk on water to retrieve a duck. Shocked by his find, he was sure none of his friends would ever believe him.He decided to try to break the news to a friend of his, a pessimist by nature, and invited him to hunt with him and his new dog. As they waited by the shore, a flock of ducks flew by. They fired, and a duck fell. The dog responded and jumped into the water. The dog, however, did not sink but instead walked across the water to retrieve the bird, never getting more than his paws wet.The friend saw everything but did not say a single word.On the drive home the hunter asked his friend, "Did you notice anything unusual about my new dog?"I sure did," responded his friend. "He can't swim.

"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty." -Winston Churchill, former British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill books// Are you a pessimist or optimist? You know, glass half empty versus glass half full? Pessimists piss me off, probably because they piss on everything. I admit that optimists can be annoying too, especially unrealistic optimists. Come to think of it, what is a realist? A realist is a critical opportunist. Pessimists always think the risks are too great, while optimists always overestimate their own abilities. Realists calculate the risks and compare it to their own abilities to determine if success is... To read the rest of this post, please click the headline and go to the Thoughts On Quotes site.

You Are a Realist You don't see the glass as half empty or half full. You see what's exactly in the glass. You never try to make a bad situation seem better than it is... But you also never sabotage any good things you have going on. You are brutally honest in your assessments of situations - and this always seems to help you cope. Are You An Optimist or Pessimist? Have you taken this

Newt Gingrich is blue on GOP chances in 2008.I'm noticing many of the old school Republicans are very angry with the new school GOP. There may be something more too this. Perhaps we should explore further in a future time.

Is the cup half empty, or half full for you? "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. And the pessimist fears this is true." Those were the words of of American fiction author James Branch Cabell. What do you believe?

Artwork by ~Expirationan optimist stays up late until midnight to see the new year in.a pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.me?i stay up late because i couldn't sleep. as always.happy 2007.