Be a positive pessimist
I seriously can’t believe that I woke up at 8am on a SATURDAY! I mean, I was really exhausted from all the papers but I still managed to crawl out of bed. Actually, it didn’t start off well. Well, grumpiness usually follows in the morning right? Being irritated over minor things and then making a big fuss out of nothing. That’s what I am in the morning. My temper seriously sucks.
Let’s not talk about such stuff but instead, I came across this interesting book in Ang Mo Kio library this afternoon. I couldn’t really remember the title but it is full of inspirational quotes. There was this phrase that I think was quite interesting. It goes like this.
Be a positive pessismist
A pessimist would not go out when it is raining.
A optimist would wish that it would stop raining.
A positive pessimist would bring an umbrella out when it is raining.
So I guess the point in this short four lines is to encourage all of us to not give up when obstacles impede on our progress. Instead, think of ways to overcome it. Also, do not be an optimist that only wishes for it to end and not do anything (:
Press on people!
Lol…interesting~~
i’m a positive pessimist !!~
.. i see before these quotes from some forwarded email long long time ago lol .. i bring umbrella everytime! =x
Serious? LOL. No matter, I think I’ll pay more attention to it if it was from a book (:
a negative optimist will not bring the umbrella n hope the rain will stop by the time they step out of house
wow. that sounds really logical. hahas. but somehow, it sounds more like a positive optimist because he or she hopes too much. lols.