I was posed with a very challenging question recently, and it seems to me that it is very subjective.

The question?

Is it better to be optimistic and hope for a good result, or is it better to be pessimistic and be prepared for the worst?

The rationale behind each is that, if you are optimistic, and the results don't go your way, you will be hugely disappointed.

Similarly, if you are pessimistic, and the results don't go your way, you can just sit back and claim, "yeah, i sort of expected that." and every good result seems to be like a bonus.

To the neutral observer, it is hugely apparent that being pessimistic seems to combine the best of best worlds, being hugely buoyed by a good result, or being able to deal with disappointment with much less agony than being optimistic. But, to what extent is this true?

Strictly speaking, I would say that being pessimistic seems very much more appealing to me than being optimistic. However, is it that we are really being pessimistic, or just delusional? if it is true that we are being purely pessimistic, and that we don't believe in ourselves, won't it get in the way of our activity? And instead instead of merely being prepared for the worst, we are actually engineering ourselves to achieve the worst?

However if it is mere delusion, the ability of us to be able to be prepared for the worst, and at the same time not hinder our ability to perform, then i believe that being under this delusion of "pessimism", is definitely what each and everyone of us should strive to ultimately attain.

That being said, of course being pessimistic also seems to come with it, its obvious benefits. One of that to not appear as being haughty or arrogant for that matter. It seems that in the society today, there seems to be a very thin line between being arrogant or confident. It applies to both speaker, and the discerning listener.

Hence, to conclude that short paragraph, what I really meant is that it feels terrible to be mistaken as arrogant when you are merely confident, and that you just hope to instill in others a similar sense of confidence as the one you possess.

Pretty obviously that I belonged to the second category of people, one that is just confident and optimistic. I have tasted failures after failures after failures, defeats after defeats after defeats. It came to this point, when I finally told myself, that I would never lose again.

Yes, arrogant as it may seem, I am not an arrogant person, not anymore anyway. I have since tweaked my belief, and instead of perceiving failures or defeats as a sign of weakness, I now strongly believe that they are essential for growth and maturity.

I admit, I am not the most mature person around, neither am I the most intelligent person around. I think i'm pretty stupid to be quite honest. However, I am always eager to learn, learn from others, learn from my mistakes. The terminology of being eager does not equate to I apply what I learn, but yes, I absorb the crux of the lesson.

In conclusion, so what type of a person are you? someone similar to me, or any of the other 2 stated above? or are you just plain arrogant? I hope this short essay have gave you an interesting insight, because it sort of gave me one as I was writing this.



Okayy, enough of that.
My 25-day plan has been implemented!
100 pills, 4 a day. that makes 25 days.
lets see where it'll take me!
and of course good dieting and lots of exercise! (:
this 25 days is going to be a very interesting 25! (: