படித்ததில் பிடித்தது - The Optimist and The Pessimist

இந்த இரு வகை மனிதர்களை இவர் வர்ணித்த விதம் மிகவும் அருமையாக உள்ளது. ஒருவன் சந்தோஷமாக வாழ்வானா, துக்கத்தில் மூழ்குவானா, மகுடம் சூடுவானா, மண்ணில் வீழ்ந்து கிடப்பானா, நேசிக்கப்படுவானா, தூற்றப்படுவானா என்றெல்லாம் அறிய பெரிய ஆராய்ச்சியெல்லாம் தேவை இல்லை. இந்த இரண்டில் அவன் எந்த வகை என்று மட்டும் தெரிந்தால் போதும். ஆமாம், நீங்கள் இதில் எந்த வகை?

The Optimist and The Pessimist

The optimist lives under a clear sky; the pessimist lives in a fog.

The pessimist hesitates, and loses both time and opportunity; the optimist makes the best use of everything now, and builds themselves up, steadily and surely, until all adversity is overcome and the object in view realized.

The pessimist curbs their energies and concentrates their whole attention upon failure; the optimist gives all their thought and power to the attainment of success, and arouses their faculties and forces to the highest point of efficiency.

The pessimist waits for better times, and expects to keep on waiting; the optimist goes to work with the best that is at hand now, and proceeds to create better times.

The pessimist pours cold water on the fires of their own ability; the optimist adds fuel to those fires.

The pessimist links their mind to everything that is losing ground; the optimist lives, thinks and works with everything that is determined to press on.

The pessimist places a damper on everything; the optimist gives life, fire and go to everything.

The optimist is a building force; the pessimist is always an obstacle in the way of progress.

The pessimist lives in a dark, soggy unproductive world, the optimist lives in that mental sunshine that makes all things grow.

- Christian D Larson