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37 - Optimism and Pessimism If you have a glass of water, what do you will consider having? Will you have an half-enough or an half-full glass of water? Having a half-enough glass of water is a pessimist way to consider it. It is a characteristic of thinking bad things instead of good ones. Pessimism relies on complaints and intolerance. Seeking happiness is endless and enough is never enough. On the other hand, being optimistic we could take everything for granted. Regardless of hurdles facing, with optimism, we can always to keep good things in our mind to reach our target. There is no doubt that being optimistic is better than being pessimistic. One disadvantage of optimism is to keep satisfied with a situation which you do not wonder about looking for improvement. One advantage of pessimism is not to be worried about the future and it can be useful to avoid unhappiness.

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37 - Optimism and Pessimism

If you have a glass of water, what do you will consider having How do you see it? Will you have Do you see an the (here you use "the" instead of "a" or "an" because you are talking about a specific cup. "The" is definite. "A" or "an" in indefinite) half-enough or an half-full glass of water?  glass half-full or half-empty?

Having a half-enough empty glass of water is a pessimist way to consider it. It is a characteristic of thinking bad things instead of good ones. Pessimism relies on complaints and intolerance. Seeking happiness is endless and enough is never enough.  (great sentence!)

On the other hand, being optimistic we could take everything for granted. Regardless of the hurdles we faceing, with optimism, we can always to keep good things in our mind to reach our target.

There is no doubt that being optimistic is better than being pessimistic. One disadvantage of optimism is to keep satisfied with a situation which you do not wonder about looking for improvement. (Here I would just take out some words to make your point more clear. You could say: "is that you might be so positive that you forget to look for ways you can improve.") One advantage of pessimism is not to be worried about the future and it can be useful to avoid unhappiness. ( Same thing, I would use less words, to make your point clearer: "that you don't worry about the future, so you don't experience false expectations")


Great article!! Thank for sharing your thoughts. These changes are just my opinion, some one else might say something different. But kudos! You write very well. :) 

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37 - Optimism and Pessimism

If you you'd have a glass of water, what would you do you will consider having? Will Would you rather have an a half-enough half-empty or an a half-full glass of water?

Having a half-enough half-empty glass of water is a pessimist pessimistic way to consider it. It is a characteristic of thinking bad things instead of good ones. Pessimism relies on complaints and intolerance. Seeking happiness is endless and enough is never enough.

On the other hand, by being optimistic we could take everything for granted. Regardless of hurdles we are facing, with optimism, we can always try to keep good things in our mind in order to reach our target.

There is no doubt that being optimistic is better than being pessimistic. One disadvantage of optimism is to keep stay satisfied with a situation which such that you do not wonder think about looking for improvement. One advantage of pessimism is not to be worried about the future and it can be useful to avoid in avoiding unhappiness.

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