How Pessimism Works or Rather Doesn’t Work!
Pessimism has protective values; when things don’t go our way it simply confirmed what we expected would happen in the first place. The downside to pessimism is it keeps us stagnant at best and it often leads to a boring and declining over-all enjoyment level in our lives. Optimism, on the other hand, comes from successes in challenges sought and eventually met, big or small. Without the presence of mind to push forward with a new challenge periodically, we don’t even come close to performing at the best of our abilites. Being a pessimist gives us the delusion of being safe and comfortable, but ultimately it robs us of our greatest successes in life which would have led us to greater confidence in our abilities and greater enjoyment in our lives had we simply challenged ourselves. Think positive and challenge yourself… it’s generally worth the effort.
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