Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Pessimistic optimism

Optimism, generally defined as favorable hopeful disposition to expect the best. Largely misunderstood, may be also by me, to the onomastic scholars' grief more or less yet this word too has become user defined. Anyways, people take sides of optimism and pessimism. From where I see this is nothing except two parallel lines.
Optimism - prepare for the worst, hope for the best, don't lose faith

Well it was astonishing for me initially as why people say about pessimism a lot, though they want the same things as me in almost the same manner. May be pessimism is not about being heart broken in the end if things don't turn up as expected. So I guess -
Pessimism - prepare your best, hope for the worst, don't have faith

Well it is a matter of strength and may be experience. If you have the energy to survive a blow then be optimistic. And if you don't then keep expecting the blow; if you are hit - it is not a surprise and if you aren't hit - you are more happy. Well it is quite twisted. May be because you had bad experiences in the past.
But Hello All the Pessimists - don't you people like to be more happy for which you say yourself pessimistic? Well some can dance and some can sing - some can apparently play with themselves. No offense dear peoples. It is the hope of happiness that makes us optimistic always and not the state we keep ourselves. Language isn't the tool to communicate with self, I guess. :D