Optomist, pessimist, or what?

[Droobie]

Are you optimistic? Do you look at the bad side of things? Does it bother you one way or the other?

[Bohemian]

For the most part I'm optimistic.

[Billysplace]

Troll? I'm offended. I'm just trying to get people to think about these serious topics. If I offended anyone I apologize.

Um.....we aren't supposed to force Christianity on anyone unless it is their desicion they really aren't saved.

Not supposed to force Christianity on anyone? But thats what we do best! We saved those souls of those poor primitive Native Americans by putting them into Missionarys where they could be educated. Don't forget the countless Africans we saved as well.
Bloody Mary taught 300 plus people prostestants what happens when you don't choose not to be saved. Lets not forget the Salem witch trials where christianity showed 20 people what happens when you work with the devil instead of denouncing him and being saved.
Of course lets not forget the people who were saved by their own will. The childrens crusade may be an example. Where a bunch of children believing god impowered them set off to take back the Holy land believing that once they reached the sea it would part for them. Their rewards were numerous. Some died of starvation others were sold into slavery. Did I mention that on the way to the holy land that soldiers of christ practiced killing Jews? Their deaths were forced that on them.
Enough Satire time to get the point. Most of you failed to pick up on the Satire last time. I've played video games and they are good. Studies show media violence does not increase real life violence. If any of you are interested read Freedmans book, "Media Violence and Its Effect on Aggression: Assessing the Scientific Evidence." :topic:
But back to christianity as an organization though. I've only scratched the surface and have many more examples.
Let talk about the Inquisition. This is where in 1231 Pope Gregory IX basically said any heretic who did not repent recieved capital punishment. Anyone who choose to repent and choose to be saved got a small punishment of life imprisonment, solitary confinement might I add so they could think about what they did. I'd also like to add that confessions we gotten through torture. A horrible horrible horrible thing. Executions were carried out by burning on a stake. If you want a painful and gruesome way to die being slowly burned as your skin peals off is the way to go. :eek: I'm disgusted at even the thought of this. But it happened. If you interested to know more you can read the book The Medieval Inquisition by Holmes and meier. Also anyone who was imprisoned or killed all of their property was taken.
In 1542 the pope formed a group of people composed of cardinals and other officials to over see the local inquisition. This groupd was called the Congregation of the Holy Office and is actually still around too day now called the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Lets talk a little more about this group, because they have effected history in other negative ways. Maybe their are a few positive things they have done, but I'm really not here to talk about those. This group helped stop the advancement of knownledge. This was the same group who threatened to kill Galileo in 1633 for believing that the earth revolved around the sun. Basically, they were saying if you don't believe in my christian beliefs backed up by the bible we can kill you just like we killed all those other people. This group also had an extensive list of forbidden books. Can't have people looking up alternative idea and thinking. :scratch: So they placed limitation on freedom of speech. A right that people didn't have back then.
Lets fast-forward to the 20th century as several bible sized books could be written on the evils of the christianity in the far past. Many people are thinking that all these things happened many years go and don't happen today. Lets take a look at christianity in ireland. This is where Protestant and catholics kill each other for no other reason then for each others religion. In Feb. a protestant gundowned a 5 catholics in a betting shop. Now catholics and Protestants had lived together for a while with each other without killing each other that often. What is it that these people find so objectionable that they need to kill each other over? It another long story involving their religion. I wonder if they didn't consider themselves christians if they would still murder each other?
More about the 20th century. The catholic church helps the spread of aids by encouraging people not use condoms or other forms of birth control when they have sex. They will even go as far as to say HIV can't be prevented by condoms. Don't believe me do a search on the internet for "Vatican cardinal condoms can't stop HIV."
Their more too, the catholic church encourages the hatred towards people of different sexual orientation. Or how about the cover up about priests having sex with little boys. All possible by the institution known as the christian church.
Or how about Faith healing? How well does it work? Does relying on god and refusing to heal people really save someones life. According to Geogre street journal over 200 children have died in the last 15 years, because their parents relied exclusively on faith to heal them. 200 children with disease like diabetes and dehydration that could have been treated. 200 innocent children have been killed just in the last 15 years... Slow painful deaths might I add. In 1998 78 graves of children were found in Followers of Christ Church cementary. A following investigation should that children born into this church were 4.5 times more likely to die... think about it. Many of these diseases were easily treated, but once again faith resulted in their death from hard-headed parents.

I'm sure your all thinking well none of these people were really christians, because christians don't believing in killing people? Well, I'm sure those people who died would have their own opinions on that one, but it was the interpratation of christianity that caused these peoples deaths. Do you really think all those Native Americans would have died in Missionaries if the settlers weren't Christians? Maybe, maybe not. Would have all those people been hanged at the Salem witch trials for being with devil if that town was non-religious based. Again Maybe, Maybe not. Would the people in Irlend be fighting right now. I bet you all those children would not have died if it wasn't for their faith. How many wars are created by conflict of you religion with other religions. There are approx. 56 official wars going on in the world according to the Red Cross. How many of them are religion based? Ask your self. Well, I'm done. I've said more then enough to get me banned, but its the truth. :banned: Hopefully a few of you will read this before its all deleted by the moderates. Many of you are probably angered by this post. :mad: But again its the truth your are part of an organization of murder and corruption. Not everything your religion has done is bad. There is much good such as the soup kitchen and Aid you give, but don't you think you could do that with out supporting an organization such as this. Could you Maintain you belief in God without supporting something that has evil roots and maintains those roots today. bye :Rules:

[Droobie]

:topic:

Okay... a little off topic... I think they voted pessimit no?

Let's move on shall we?

[Konnie]

The glass is half full.

[Cozmo]

I must admit that as positive as I'd like to be, I do tend to ponder on the negative side of things for a bit... at least until God gives me a good swift kick in the butt, hehe I do know that in all the hardships in my life, especially in hindsight, I can see exactly where God took care of things. Always at the point when I would just give up and let God...
:angel:

[phnx]

This phrase never means anything to me. I can be a pesimist alot of the time yet i always view the glass as half full, perhaps its in hope that someone will buy me another soon :rolleyes:

[Sharky]

The glass is half full... and i'm drinking it. *gulp gulp gulp!*

[MsAnne]

Although I actually think of myself as a realist, I tend to be very optimistic and hopeful in all things.

[taedium]

I think my perpetual disappointment is more indicative of unrealized optimism than anything.

[Henaynei]

I try to be optimistic, I really do - but reality just keeps kicking in the door!

[renaistre]

I am an optimist, but to an engineering student like myself, the glass isn't half full or half empty. It's twice as big as it needs to be. :D

-Evan

[Blessed75]

Are you optimistic? Do you look at the bad side of things? Does it bother you one way or the other?
I think for the MOST part, I'm a pretty optimistic person....my husband on the other hand......well, :rolleyes:

[Wisdom's Child]

Comedian George Carlin says it best...
The Glass is not half full.
The Glass is not half empty either.
The problem with the Glass is it's too Big.

[Dracil]

The true answer to the question depends on the last action performed on the glass of water.

If the last action performed was to pour water in, it is half full.
If the last action performed was to pour water out, it is half empty.
If no information is known, the most one could say is that it is a half-cup of water.

I am a realist.

[Silent Enigma]

:D Cuz you're my cheeseburger

my precious cheeseburger,

I'll wait for yooooooooooou

YEAH I will wait for yooooooooooooooou

[MYMOM]

I AGREE, GOOD IDEA

[missionarypoet]

I love Cheeseburgers! Hey, Silent Enigma is a Veggie Tales fan!

[Silent Enigma]

My kids love veggie tales!

[Jesusfrk4life77]

Veggie tales are the best! I luv that cheesburger song! my all-time fav is *God is bigger than the boogie man! He's bigger than godzilla or the monsters on tv* ::hums along w/ the song::
It depends on if ur drinkin it or pourin it! If your pourin well itz half full but if your drinkin then itz half empty! But mostly im optimistic! What fo i have to be pessimistic about~! Jesus died 4 me! Im freeeeeee! :clap:

[sunshine]

I have a sweater that says "a positive pessimist". I think that pretty much sums it up for me! :)

[Mongoose]

A combination of optimism and pessimism is essential.

Pessimism is necessary to see and understand the problem.

Optimism is necessary to have the motivation and hope that the problem can be solved.

[NiemandheißtBoshaftigkeit]

I am a pesamist for two simple reasons, one, I find the bad luck is the only luck, and two, I would rather be surprised than disappointed.

[Snowy]

Are you optimistic? Do you look at the bad side of things? Does it bother you one way or the other?
please explain more :confused: :scratch:

[Ghost23]

for me my glass is definitely half full. there has never been a point in my relationship with Jesus Christ where i have ever arrived. i know i can always learn more.

[ilovethelord]

Optomist
Beacuse christ saved us so its all good :)

[MagusAlbertus]

Realist:



If the glass was filled half-way, then it's half-full; if the glass was filled all the way then half of it removed, then its half empty.

[Krystina661]

Optomistic ;)

[obuchiteck]

I'm definitely a glass is half full kind a guy.. I think it's just because I'm to thick headed to know better.

Or as my dad says "All you got up there is skull"..

[Krystina661]

Realist:



If the glass was filled half-way, then it's half-full; if the glass was filled all the way then half of it removed, then its half empty.
Not all things in life are to be taken realistically. :D

[GodBoy809]

really, i'm not fully a pessimist or an optimist. I'm in the middle..cus sometimes i'm one..and other times i'm the other..

[TCapp]

How 'bout just cynical? ;)

[Wolflily]

Depends on the situation at hand and whether or not I'm confident in it.

[KateBeckinsaleAdmirer]

Optimist.


"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

- Romans 8:28

[ILY]

I try to be an optimist, but sometimes I feel pessimistic.

In Him
ILJ

[LadyBird]

I try to be an optimistic person because optimistic people live longer than pesimistic people do.

[Liza]

I've very pessimistic, most of the time.

[TheMadcap]

I said Where the heck is my cheeseburg, i'm really not an optimistic or pesimistic person, it just depends on the situation.

[Smoky]

Definitely an optimist!

[TrustNo1]

optimistic

[prince didymus]

None. I analyze the situations at hand and from my analysis I determine where or not the results will be 'bad' or 'good'. So according to this poll I would be somewhere in the middle I suppose.

[COVENANT GIRL]

Hey! I saw this exact question in "The Far Side!"

[HesMyAll]

I used to be a pessimist but then I got saved. Now I am an optimist because I know that as long as I walk with my hand in His hand, all things will work out for good.

[Eleana]

Depends on circumstances. When I'm in a situation when I know it cannot be controlled, my reaction is "the glass is half-empty".

[Spurgeon]

I used to be a pessimist. Now I see only hope.

[kwimmer]

I'm very optimistic with a pesstimistic world view. I'd rather have beans and rice. Mmmm. Veggie-tables.

[Dawn Marie]

Pessimist most of the time.

[Creationist2004]

A tough one.
I always say that the glass is half full, but iam pessimistic.
So i don't know. :sigh:

[Glorianna]

It varies- I can be an optimist at times and a pessimist at times.

[oldrooster]

I try to be as optimistic as I can, I find my optimisim increasing the longer i walk with the Lord.

[jeffs_girl_2004]

I vote "glass half full"

[Alice the Sister]

The glass isn't there. We're just holograms created by God from the opposite side of the universe. a shadow of a quantum universe.

No glasses. Just visions of a dream without sleep.

[Jinnapiban]

Pollyanna here.... that cheeseburger thing sounds pretty good... hold the pickles! :pink:

[Chriswoods83]

I thank my God that He has given me a glass to do with as He pleases.

[The Sun]

I dont see the point in being pessimistic - you only bring people around you down, you never get around to solving a problem, but it causes a whole load more. Understanding the problem from an optimistic perspective, then proceeding to solve whatever difficulties you have with an optimistic attitude is definitely the best way to go!! Never mind half-full, the glass is as full as you want it to be!!!

[Theofilus]

My cup runneth over. (In other words, the glass is full.)

Grace is free but it is not cheap.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

[dawnmo]

I'm pretty optimistic most of the time :clap:

[nadroj1985]

While I would really like a cheeseburger right now, I voted "glass half full." Being an optimist is just more fun :cool:

[mle]

I'm optomistic

[Trench777]

The Smell of a Rose:

Idealist: Roses were made, because God KNEW I was gonna like them.
Optimist: Awww! Someone bought me roses!
Pessimist: Hmmm...I'll prolly prick my finger on a thorn.
Fatalist: Roses? Wheres the coffin?

T777

[Breanainn]

Deep down I'm an optimist (Rom 8:28), but it's usually my pessimistic side that shows. :(

[jeshohaia]

Come on...you have to wonder where the cheese burger is! Well, if you like hamburger and are hungry. If you are a vegetarian or do not like red meat then maybe you wouldnt and worry about your glass. :D

[Niko]

depends. If im filling a glass of water, i say its half full. If im drinking it, its half empty. Thats why i picked the one about cheesburgers.

[TheMainException]

Man, I wanted to say "Where the heck is my cheeseburger?" just for the fun of it, but then I didn't.

[Ashlynne]

I'm an optomist mostly

[rua2j33]

I try to keep a positive outlook.

[Z500]

if anything, pessimist

[SaintGeorge]

I'm an optimist.

[PaladinGirl]

I am more of an Optimist than anything. I didn't used to be. I used to be a very pessimistic person. Anymore, I am a mixture of both but mostly optimistic.

[faith by day]

"The glass is half empty"

But there is still enough to go around

[Touring3D]

For the most part I'm an optimist. Before I was born-again... REALLY bad pessimist.

Thank you JESUS! :bow:

[Mimi]

I am just thristy ;)

[cat has felt the light!]

I guess it depends on events, I put where's my cheeseburger? lols
C@ xx

[The "J"]

Where the heck is my cheeseburger! ROFL

[The "J"]

I guess it depends on which way the the liquid is going. RGh! I don't know.

[nadroj1985]

n/m

[~Mrs. A2J~]

I think I'm an optimist. Sure, things get me down from time to time but know that if I trust in the Lord everything will work out.

Sarah

[tqpix]

For the most part, I'm a pessimist.

[Bladecarver]

Cheeseburger.

[Bonhoffer]

I was a pessimist before I found Christ. Now I am an optimist. After all however bad life gets I know where I am going to when I die!!! :)

[Desolate_Fem]

I really feel like I need to go ahead and fill to top just in case. I always overdo things.
It also depends on how I feel that day. But I always want to keep it full. Just don't
waste. :amen:

[Moros]

Skeptic.

[christianfilmcrew]

The glass is oversized.

Where I am is where God wants me. I'm learning to be content in every situation.

[Isis-Astoroth]

"Some say the glass half empty, some say the glass is half full, I just say, are you going to drink that?" heh...nah...i'm usually the pessimist.

[christianfilmcrew]

Is it milk?

[DanielJamesSimon]

"Where the heck is my cheeseburger?"

Probably usually the optimist, though still quite often the pessimist, usually the realist.

[Richard]

I tend to lead towards bad things :(

[sammipher]

Glass is half full.

[SoLaWaVe]

Yep thats me ! "where is my burger!!!!" :confused:

As usual expecting the big things... where are they? :prayer:

Damn...just keep Trusting for them! :bow:

[Aryatha]

I tend to only notice the bad things. :\

[ShirChadash]

I'm of the "thank G-d I have a glass!" sort. :)

[Kristi1]

I voted for ~> "Where the heck is my cheeseburger?".. ;) *tee hee*

I am Very Optimistic in a Very Pessimistic World. You have to be Optimistic when your Severely Disabled like I am!!!!!


Love Always, And Where is my Cheesburger!!!!!!!!! *tee hee* :hug:

KristiAnn

[2Timothy2]

I need to vote twice. I am a pessimistic-optimist. To me the glass is only half full.

[active ingredients]

I always look at the downside of things......that way things can only get better than what I expect.

[ballin_dude]

i dont care if the glass is half full or half empty, i just wanna know when i can drink it.

[Kristi1]

I need to vote twice. I am a pessimistic-optimist. To me the glass is only half full.



Waves hi :wave: to 2Timothy2 :wave:

Ya know me I think, *tee hee*


ya know KristiAnn AKA MsGuidedAngel... ;)



*Hugs* :hug:

KristiAnn

[Crimson Rose]

your his cheeseburger, his tasty cheeseburger, he'll wait for you... yeah, he'll wait for you... yeah!

I see the glass half full! I have to..... my husband sees the glass half empty and wants to know where his super sonic cheeseburger is!

[Annikki]

I try to be optimistic. ;)

[Dagda]

I'm much more optimistic that I ever used to be. But, I got used to being somewhat pessimistic and I could live with it and function okay. So, I just started asking where's my cheeseburger.:D

[princess_ballet]

I try to be an optomist, but it doesn't usually turn out that way.

[AdJesumPerMariam]

optimist mostly

[Kathy]

optimist

[PandaJunky]

Mostly optimist..

[ChristianGirlNY]

i mostly look on the good side of things

[okiemommy26]

im a half full kinda person

[El_Ayin]

I'm an optimist.

~*Keep smilin'. Makes people wonder what your up to. :D *~

[Izzy23]

I'm an optimist- almost to the point of stupidity.

[Mrs. Matt Dally]

Most of the time, I am pretty optimistic.

[MQTA]

What's better?

If you're an optimist, and in 10 events only 1 of them went well, you're disappointed 9 times and not too happy with that 10th one.

If you're a pessimist, you expect 10 events to not work out, if ONE of them does, you're Ecstatic!

[~*ZEE*~]

Optimism is my friend.:thumbsup:

[SandyLou]

DEFINITE optimist!
everything happens for a reason and it's all gonna work out just perfect by the time the credits roll. . . . . :thumbsup:

[Thithy]

I put "where the heck is my cheese burger" :D Only because I look at the world with the view that the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. :D

[Sascha Fitzpatrick]

I'm pretty much an optimist.

Although I am a bit of a worrier, I firmly believe that you can find SOMETHING good from every experience - if I didn't have that, I'd have a heck of a lot more reasons to be depressed.

I tend to look at everything BAD that's happened in my life, and worked out what I can take away from it as a 'learning experience' or what in it helped me grow.

Although I feel really bad about some things in my past, at the same time I'm grateful for some of it, cos without it, I doubt I would have been developed by God into the person I am today with the beliefs and convictions I have now, without those things.

Sasch

[Sascha Fitzpatrick]

My boyfriend says it's almost, very nearly, not quite half full, a fair bit :P

[ericf]

I am such a huge optimist. Always seeing the upside to everything.

[The Smiling One]

I am an optimistic optimist!! Whether the glass is half full or empty doesn't matter, as long as there is enough to moisten my dry mouth. Besides, I'm saved and on my way to Heaven, how much better can it get without actually being in Heaven?

My God loves me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[* kittie *]

i'm pessimist...but highly idealistic.

so...although i'm born this way (although some people actually believe we choose to be this way....), i think there is a good reason why there are people who see the bad side of things.

hmmm and i don't use either phrase. it's just a glass of water to me. never half anything. it just is...

[brinny]

optimist most of the time

[Neal]

I heard this before: "Being a pessimist is great: you're always either right or pleasantly surprised."

That being said, I'd still say I lean towards optimism.

[jewishprincess613]

I can be both an optimist and a pessimist.

[gizmo03]

I am optomist for the most part, but there are some areas in my life that I have turned pessimist here lately.

[armyman]

I would love to say that I'm an optimist and I always like to look at the brighter side of things, but to tell the truth, I have too much military in me to really care one way or the other...

[d-11even]

I didn't even thought of the glass being half empty..... lol

[monkeystink]

I don't mean to be a half empty guy, but its a bit of an occupational hazzard. When you deal with patients all day, you tend to be looking for things that they can hurt themselves on (now I'm my grandma---LOL.) We are always seeing a little old man/woman going to the toilet or to bed when they slip onto the floor. There are countless skintears and a billion bruises. Heaven forbid that they eat the wrong thing!!!!!



aaaarrrggg!!!!

Remember to vote early and vote often (lol)

[SmEaGoL!]

Optimist - very grateful for what God has given me.

[eaglex]

I voted where is my cheeseburger. Because I'm a little of each.

[jcright]

I think there should have been one more option. I like to think that I look at both sides of the issue...then again, maybe i don't do as good of a job with that as I think I do.

[Godjunkie]

Most of the time I am an optimist, and sometimes I even count the air that is filling the rest of the glass. This, of course, can cause problems because just as air does not quench thirst, so my expectations are frequently not met.

Wow, that was deep!

[Saruman]

I'm usually a pessimist. It helps me get things done because when I am optimistic, I usually put things off and think I have all the time in the world.

[chris714ndud3]

it depends on the situation

[Petrarch]

'Tis better better to expect the worse and not be shocked by it than to get ones hopes up and then be disappointed.

[madtapa]

I tend to be an optimist when it comes to other people, but lately I've found that I'm pessimistic when dealing with my own situations (all too often I point out Murphy's law...).

[Pray4Isrel]

Are you optimistic? Do you look at the bad side of things? Does it bother you one way or the other?
Some people call me pessimistic, but I think that's rather pessimistic of them. ;)

... and where is my burger??? :yum:

[Hisbygrace]

Are you optimistic? Do you look at the bad side of things? Does it bother you one way or the other?
Though I am faced with looking at the bad side of things and sometimes feel depressed by certain situations, it is generally short lived for I know that God is watching over me, Christ lives within me and the Holy Spirit comforts me. No greater fortress could I have or hedge around me that can give me the power to say," I may be worried or sad this morning, but Christ is going to bring back my joy!!

[rubberduckie]

Amen, HisByGrace. Good reponse. Um, I think that yeah the Bible says the world is getting worse and worse, and it is, but God is good. I put optimist, but I'm not sure. I can be both. But if we focus on God, I think we'll be more optimistic, if we focus on the world with its evils, then we will become pessimistic.

[Veiled Viper]

I'm a self-taught pessimist.:(

[Meche]

I used to be pretty pessimistic until I found God. :amen: Now I'm opptomistic.

[Murmur]

I am mainly a pessimist with a penchant for cheeseburgers.

:thumbsup:

[faith renewal]

Cheeseburger, since I'm neither. My personal philosophy is that if the glass is only half full you should be spending your time filling it up rather than wondering whether it's half full or half empty!

[Machin Shin]

for the MOST part, I'm an optomist, but of course.. I have my moments. that's why Ivoted cheezeburger

[joyousliving]

I tend to be optomistic. But I have my areas of pessimism.

[kissybug27]

I like to look to the brighter side of things.

One of my favorite songs :

Be optimistic don't ya be a grumpy when the road gets bumpy just smile smile and be happy dont wear a long face its never in style be optimistic and smile

[Revelation 19:6]

I'm a glass is half full kinda guy.

Although, I would like to know where my Chesseburger is.

[GodFlute2]

97% of the time I'm optimistic. :thumbsup:

[draconus71]

I am a half empty kind of person

[prettyrose436]

i consider myself a realist

[Buttermilk]

On the whole my glas is half full :P

[Steve_SandbachBaptist_UK]

I think I vary. I'm an up and down sort of person.

[Polystrate Fencepost]

Maybe I’m one of the few folks here who are this analytical, but I come up with a different answer than everybody else on the glass full/empty question. Under normal conditions, a glass with 50% of the volume composed of water, the other 50% would be composed of air. Therefore the glass is completely full.



To preempt questions about abnormal conditions, then the rest is full of vacuum… LOL. (BTW, in the ancient past I actually heard people say “the vacuum leaked out” of faulty vacuum tubes.)

[meebs]

"Where the heck is my cheeseburger?" (i want relish and gerkins please)

i can be one or the other - i like to be a little more optimistic at times, however i used to be very pessimistic.

Now im just trying to relax and enjoy life. Kinda.

Any way if i were to be really awkward - i could give an annoying answer about the glass and how it is not a good example or optimism and pessimism (the glass is completely full - water and air) :P - aaaargh! the person above beat me!!! (i didnt see your reply, sorry :sorry: )

:doh:

[Gods_MyHope]

The glass is all the way full. Half full of liquid, and half full of air.

[Gods_MyHope]

But I did vote for the little cheeseburger ditty. LoL, I thought that was just too cute to pass up!:thumbsup:

[knownbeforetime]

I want to vote optimist but I don't know which is which! Can someone tell me so I can vote correctly? (You know, not that it matters or anything. :) )

[ralrachaan]

I want to vote optimist but I don't know which is which! Can someone tell me so I can vote correctly? (You know, not that it matters or anything. :) )

Half full is the optimistic one.

[ralrachaan]

I see myself as a very optimistic person. And according to an article in readers digest, people who are optimistic and change their routine often are more likely to be lucky.

[MQTA]

What if the glass was totally EMPTY?

[ClaireZ]

Optimist for the most part.

Though having three kids, I have learned to always factor the worse case scenerios into the equation.

[EdibleCurtains]

Neither, really... Huh, I just noticed that I voted "where the heck is my cheeseburger" even though I don't even like cheeseburgers.

[Storygirl394]

In general, I tend to be a pretty up :thumbsup: person, I mean, Mom says that it's not what life hands to you, it's what you bring to it that determinds how you live...

But everyone has a bad day once in awhile, and today is one of mine. For one thing... I'm sick! :o
Can you forgive me for being a pessimist?

[die2live]

Optimistic! Be happy! If you've put your trust in God, you have an etermity to spend with your best friend in endless joy! If you haven't, be sad so you can realize it's not worth it and become a Christian as fast as you can so you can be happy!

[cinni]

pessimist defeniatly not an optimist life has taught me not to be an optimist cos generally it don't happen^_^

[Storygirl394]

You know, that is so true! It doesn't "just happen"... You have to want to be an optimist!

Well, today I'm finding it easier to be one! :thumbsup:
Love y'all...

[Samsara]

"There is water in that glass."

I'm not an optimist or a pessimist. I tend to be a "just is" person. A genuine realist maybe? Reality for reality sake without the need to attach labels?

This good/bad, full/empty, right/wrong dualistic tendency I used to have kept me chasing my tail. When things "just are" then my attachments become less important and I can remain in the reality of a situation. It's hard to do sometimes but, for example, when I used to look at something, my immediate response was ALWAYS right off a categorizing; either into the *good* pile or the *bad* pile. THEN, whichever pile I have put it in I have to find, then, the *correct* emotions to display, the *correct* way to handle it, the *correct* way to feel and if I felt *incorrectly* then horrible things may happen....etc, etc.

Ever heard the phenomena of people laughing at funerals? I was one of them. Couldn't help it. I'd excuse myself and just laugh...or cover up my face with a tissue and giggle as people tried to console me. Since I've explored and adjusted the duality -which, some say, is the human condition - I no longer laugh at funerals. I'm not quite sure but I *think* I had an odd personality disorder happening where I'd become "emotionally" opposite of what most were experiencing in any given situation though I, too, would have put something in the same good or bad category.

Getting rid of the need to categorize has released me into freedom to experience whatever emotion I genuinely may wish to express, or action I genuinely may wish to take, without the pretense of how I *should* feel or what I *should* do. Life, today, means freedom of the *it just is.*

Namaste,
Samsara

[chaplainjared]

i just voted for the cheeseburger cos there my fav. But i look on the bright side....normally

[LegacyOfLove]

I try my best to be an optimist. Although, I will usually look at everything from all possible sides...and then try to figure out the best way to do things...while remaining hopeful. So, I vote for optimism!

[bill16652]

i am an optimist and maybe thats because i know who ultimately wins

[LadyCoyote_Fin]

I think I'm optimistic :thumbsup:


LC :angel:

[Storygirl394]

i am an optimist and maybe thats because i know Who ultimately wins

I like that! :thumbsup: THAT is the reason to be optimistic!!

[Raheelah]

i had to go for where the heck is my cheeseburgar because i do not know the meaning of the other phrases LOL :) ;) :D :cool: :P :wave: :thumbsup: :amen: :clap: :hug: :preach: :prayer: :groupray: :bow: :angel:

[Storygirl394]

?An optimist is someone who chooses or has a tendency toward being cheerful, a pessimist is a person who tends toward being... the opposite! (right, guys?) ;)

[Zoomer]

I am a little bit of both but I am a huge worrier. I guess if I had to pick, I would say pessimist. I prepare for the worse but hope for the best.

[Roughashlar]

Oh - a rampant optimist, without doubt. Once I twigged that God is Love, and Love makes the world go round, and that making people smile and happy is about the most rewarding thing I can do, there was no stopping me.

And then there's that wonderfully positive message in a certain book... :clap: :amen:

[Roughashlar]

oh yeah - what's with the cheesburger?

[Miss Spaulding]

I look at things one way or the other, really. I've got bit of both.

[Distant_Shores]

optomist!

[brinny]

Optimist in spite of meself

[Storygirl394]

Oh - a rampant optimist, without doubt. Once I twigged that God is Love, and Love makes the world go round, and that making people smile and happy is about the most rewarding thing I can do, there was no stopping me.

And then there's that wonderfully positive message in a certain book... :clap: :amen:

:amen: :amen: :amen:

[rachewil15]

I'm usually an optomist, but I said the 3rd thing.

[Lordismyobsession16]

I try to be optimistic, but am not always (most of the time) successful.

[Nienor]

half empty for sure

[SneakitySneak]

I would say the glass is half full

[Tigress_86]

It's both. ;)

[jbran555]

i think i am an optomistic person. I am generally very happy too.

[GolfingMom]

Glass is usually 1/2 empty

[SpiritualPilgrim]

I voted for "Where the heck is my cheeseburger?"

I am usually a very positive thinker, so pessimist definitely wouldn't describe me. But I'm also not a "Pollyanna" type optimist, either. I think that the best way to describe me is as a realist. I tend to fall in more with "what actually is", rather than "what I would like" or "what I think should be".

[Lake]

http://www.mcdonalds.ca/images/home_top_mcd.gif where's my burger! Oh I know,I have to choose well I'm both at times.

[Godisgr8r]

half-full

[handmaiden97]

I am trying to be more optimistic!!!! but too often I fail and am downright pessemistice

[Oblivious]

I consider myself to be a realist. So I don't know what that means as far as the "glass" is concerned. ;)

[lyonguard]

1/2 full. I drank the rest.

[smiledaily]

the glass is half full

[filmdirector]

i say the glass is twice as large as it needs to be :)

[chadders]

I'd like to know what the point of being pessimistic/miserable is? Cause I love life :D.

[Zeena]

The glass is either full or empty!

Let's look at the truth of the matter shall we?

If a Christian is walking a carnal walk, is it Jesus walking that walk through him or her?

If a Christian is walking a spiritual walk with the Lord, is the Christian the one walking, or is it Jesus! :D

[Zeena]

Let your yes be yes,
And your no be no!

[Zeena]

'Cuz He's my cheesburger!
My yummy cheesburger!

He'll wait for you!
He'll wait for you!

Yes He will wait for you!

[rita727]

i say the glass is twice as large as it needs to be :)
:D

I tend to look through blue-shaded glasses. :(

[ItalianAngel]

I'm a "glass is half full" person... most of the time!;)

blessings,
~Michele:angel:

[If Not For Grace]

I consider myself a realist..That mean's its 1/2 a glass of liquid (period) nothing added, nothing taken...

[rita727]

I consider myself a realist..That mean's its 1/2 a glass of liquid (period) nothing added, nothing taken...
*nods*

[cataclysm]

I tend to think of myself as a realist, too, but I've been told by others that I'm an optomist, so that's how I answered.

Neutrality can be boooooooooooring.......

[chadders]

In general, people are either happy most of the time or sad most of the time (optimistic or pessimistic). The concept of realist is a fair analogy but consider this...

- The glass is half full
- The glass is half empty
- I consider myself a realist..That mean's its 1/2 a glass of liquid (period) nothing added, nothing taken...

If you look at these three sentences you immediately see that the first is very positive while the second is very negative, however all three tell the truth.

The third is either an optimist or pessimistic person trying to be indifferent (realistic), however all three cases are realistic therefore anyone who says the third one needs to explore their emotions more fully and conclude which one they really are. Although it can be argued that these people are pessimistic because they do not try to be happier than the mid way point, if this makes any sense whatsoever.

To conclude, this argument states that a person can be only positive or negative for the majority of their time, that both optimism and pessimism are "realist" views because either way reality is seen and finally that the idea of "realist" is not the mid ground between optimism and pessimism.

- Chadders.

[Steelerbred33]

I can be pessimistic..but I'll call it realism

Sometimes I will be optimistic, but I am a worrier

[Browncoat]

I just deal with my problems and expect everyone else to do the same.

-Browncoat

[CrystalBrooke]

I'm optimistic and pessimists get on my nerves, it's my personal opinion that everything goes wrong for them and they complain all the time because their attitudes suck.

[Angeldove97]

"The glass is half full"

I try my best to always see the good in people and events... even though it's rather hard sometimes.

[...butterfly...]

it's half full

[l0v3n]

I always try to be optimistic in everything I do.

[xladyfayre]

i've spent half my life depressed and really afraid...
so naturally i would see the bad side of everything.
Most of the time i tend to pessimistic, though since i'm not
depressed anymore- maybe not, i'm not really sure....
i try to be optimistic.

[ChrisCountryGirl]

I try to be optomistic. When I talk positive, my mood is better

[SorchaAisling]

I'm an optimist.

[xladyfayre]

i try to think positive- but fear usually wiggles its way into my mind.
ok, so everything isnt dealt with- i thought it was.... guess not.
i dont understand anything. My bestfriend Nathan passed away this year. even though i never met him in person he was my bestfriend. He was gay.... now everytime i see anyone homosexual it hurts....really bad. Well, my bf's roommate is a lesbian now. it kinda came out of nowhere, really. She has this girlfriend now. and when i see the 2 of them together- i just think of Nathan and how it hurts really bad that he's gone. Nathan knew everything....my fears, my problems, everything...... and hes gone.
i met him on a forum and eventually we exchanged #'s through a pm. i was supposed to one day meet him and shop all around San Francisco. He may have been across the country- but Nathan knew what to say.... no one else could understand me like Nathan could. you know what's weird? i'm like totally against the being homosexual and my bestfriend was one. i never condemned him for it, but he knew how wrong i thought it was. I could never change Nathan, and i wouldnt want to either. I loved him for who he was and thats how i am. i guess im sort of pessimistic right now. ....but i cant take this anymore, my friends are dying all the time and i feel like im in some sort of line...just waiting for me to be the next one. it scares me. i never feel safe.....unless im with my bf. then i feel safe when wraps his arms around me some nights. it doesnt matter if i stop going to camp- its not going to change the many deaths i will find out when i return. i've come to expect it year to year as horrible as it is. i get over one and another happens.... i just want it all to stop.... and i cant even tell Nathan everthing anymore.

[stealingheaven]

How can we be pesemistic when we have faith in our God? Things don't always go right, I've been through plenty enough negative experiences in my life already and some times things go wrong constantly, almost on a daily basis and sure I get sad, mad, depressed, angry but I'm forever hopeful and optimistic because I know God is on my side.

[xladyfayre]

...i shouldnt be scared all the time?

[stealingheaven]

...i shouldnt be scared all the time?
I wasn't responding to what you posted personally, I just posted my response to the poll.

[xladyfayre]

i know....
that was my response to what you said

[Brooke4Jesus]

since nothing is impossible with God... pretty much optomist

[Horab]

Meh, I'd call myself a "soft" optomist. Positive thinking works for me, the degree of optomism depends on my mood.

[GNews4BadTimes]

Pragmatist. :D Everything is going to happen one way or another!:D

[xladyfayre]

i guess i'm neither....
i think i'm just depressed about a bunch of stuff.....

[MsAnne]

Though fairly optomistic I'd say I'm a realist.

[Lilium]

I'm an optimist...the glass is half full :)

[FluffyBadger]

me? well, I dunno.

[Zeena]

Full or empty!
Either/Or

Matthew 12:33 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=47&chapter=12&verse=33&version=9&context=verse)
Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.

[mohawk]

I think I an optomisticly pesimistic...I hope that things will get better.

[jerek]

Half full

[SqueeG]

Half Full-even before coming to Christ.

He's always cared about the quality of my faith, and has shown me the hope and joy in all things. He is in control and living in me, what else do I need? He's also given me the wisdom and knowledge to know the difference, and how to protect myself and deal with the truths of life here on earth. Now pass those cheeseburgers, please!

[Moriah_Conquering_Wind]

It's not whether the glass is half empty or half full. It's who's pouring. ;)

[Gaia]

I just want me cheeseburger. ;)

[Kazamataz]

most of the time i see it as half full but you do have your half empty days!

[OldTimesCruelty]

I am a realistic optimist.

[Sarracenia]

i tend to be a pessimist. i think it is partly my nature.

[Treina]

What's life if you live in the dark?

[jsimms615]

I'm a realist. I call it as I see it.

[rainygirl]

I used to be more pessimistic than I am now...Now I try to take things as they come...but I'm not always successful....

[On_Fire_4_God_Gurl]

Pessimist

[krys4ever]

The glass if half full.

[AnimalMother]

half half i guess. now where's my cheeseburger?