Oresai
12-23-2008, 06:31 AM
I normally class myself as one of life`s pessimists. This is because I`ve gotten to the stage where I`m jaded by how life is when I look around, watch the news, see how the world is changing and, it seems, not much for the better.
I see the world in crisis, not in any fluffy, eco warrior way ( though, hell, climate change is alive and thriving and battering the stuffing out of this tiny island!) but in a hard-bitten, pragmatic viewpoint.
I am usually accused of being racist and worse, when I say there`s a crisis coming to Europe thanks to indiscriminate immigration and muslims in particular having an actual agenda, that is, to overtake the Western world and cause terror to those they consider infidels against their faith.
So I view it all with pessimism and see how useless our governments are in dealing with the burgeoning problems, and how helpless we are as individuals as our native rights are eroded, our voices silenced under a politically correct, appeasement oriented regime....
So yes, I`d say a pessimist.
But....
I`ve been at rock bottom, and been in some situations that have literally almost resulted in my death. Been in crises in which there seemed no way out, when the light at the end of the tunnel really did look like an oncoming train...
And despite the pessimistic outlook (usually internally voiced as "Oh sh*t I`m done for now!") I made it through, and continue to do so. There is a core of steel inside me, and in others I know, that just simply refuses to give up.
So, is that steel optimism? Or just stubborn pigheadedness?
I rarely look on the bright side of anything, yet have a healthy sense of humour and am adept at laughing at life, and occasionally, my own self.
I expect the worse to happen, and sometimes it does, but many times it doesn`t.
So why am I not an optimist? :confused:
Do you think it`s perhaps better to be an eternal pessimist, then when the worst doesn`t occur or when things improve, you feel grateful for it?
Or is it more sensible to be an optimist, always expecting the best? If that`s so for you, don`t you get disheartened when the worst happens more often? Or is it true, what `they` say, that if you look on the bright side it attracts good luck and happenings to you?
How much does being a pessimist or optimist shape your life, your mindset? Have to admit, I do often fit the stereotype of the `dour Scot`...;)
I see the world in crisis, not in any fluffy, eco warrior way ( though, hell, climate change is alive and thriving and battering the stuffing out of this tiny island!) but in a hard-bitten, pragmatic viewpoint.
I am usually accused of being racist and worse, when I say there`s a crisis coming to Europe thanks to indiscriminate immigration and muslims in particular having an actual agenda, that is, to overtake the Western world and cause terror to those they consider infidels against their faith.
So I view it all with pessimism and see how useless our governments are in dealing with the burgeoning problems, and how helpless we are as individuals as our native rights are eroded, our voices silenced under a politically correct, appeasement oriented regime....
So yes, I`d say a pessimist.
But....
I`ve been at rock bottom, and been in some situations that have literally almost resulted in my death. Been in crises in which there seemed no way out, when the light at the end of the tunnel really did look like an oncoming train...
And despite the pessimistic outlook (usually internally voiced as "Oh sh*t I`m done for now!") I made it through, and continue to do so. There is a core of steel inside me, and in others I know, that just simply refuses to give up.
So, is that steel optimism? Or just stubborn pigheadedness?
I rarely look on the bright side of anything, yet have a healthy sense of humour and am adept at laughing at life, and occasionally, my own self.
I expect the worse to happen, and sometimes it does, but many times it doesn`t.
So why am I not an optimist? :confused:
Do you think it`s perhaps better to be an eternal pessimist, then when the worst doesn`t occur or when things improve, you feel grateful for it?
Or is it more sensible to be an optimist, always expecting the best? If that`s so for you, don`t you get disheartened when the worst happens more often? Or is it true, what `they` say, that if you look on the bright side it attracts good luck and happenings to you?
How much does being a pessimist or optimist shape your life, your mindset? Have to admit, I do often fit the stereotype of the `dour Scot`...;)