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AS human beings we are all different and this makes life interesting. It creates variety and   makes room for creativity, uniqueness and diversity.  Our difference is the product of the fact that we all have different backgrounds, exposures and experiences. Our perspective determines how we approach life and see issues. I am sure you have heard the saying – “Is the glass half full or half empty?”

Wikipedia makes this comment on the common saying. “Perspective is the way we see things. It is the way we mentally look at things, issues and people.

There is this popular talk on how to describe a glass of water that is either half full or half empty. Is the glass half empty or half full? is a common expression, used rhetorically to indicate that a particular situation could be a cause for optimism (half full) or pessimism (half empty); or as a general litmus test to simply determine an individual’s worldview.

The purpose of the question is to demonstrate that the situation may be seen in different ways depending on one’s point of view and that there may be opportunity in the situation as well as trouble. This idiom is used to explain how people perceive events and objects. Perception is unique to every individual and is simply one’s interpretation of reality.”

We all have different perspectives to things, issues, facts, people ,events and situations and this is what we determine our view, approach and response to life.  Our perspective will determine whether we become pessimists or optimists.

Chuck Gallozzi outlines the difference between optimists and pessimists. “Optimists and pessimists, we’ve all met both. On awakening, optimists open the window and say with a smile, “Good morning, God!” Pessimists? They rub their eyes; clear their throat; look out the window and say with a frown, “Good god, morning!” Pessimists always see the dark side of clouds. Optimists?

They don’t see the clouds at all because they’re walking on them! There are countless jokes about optimists and pessimists; however, in truth, it’s not a funny matter. If the rosebush you planted withered and died instead of bursting into bloom, would you laugh? If it’s disappointing when a plant fails to reach its full potential, how much more so for a human being. Sad to say, pessimists are thieves, robbing themselves of their own potential.

What is optimism? It is simply the belief there is more good in life than bad. It is reacting to life in a positive manner. It is an attitude of positive expectations.”

“A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.” Harry Truman
Our perspective is what powers our attitude. A pessimist will have a bad attitude while an optimist will be a person with a better attitude to succeed in life. Our attitude is the physical manifestation of our perspective. Our attitude is the physical evaluation of things which expresses itself in our disposition.

Our attitude is manifested in either positive or negative. It is either favourable or unfavourable. Our attitude is a choice we make ourselves. We will encounter things, issues and people in life we cannot change but we have the prerogative to choose our attitude. We must see life from a positive angle else we will deny ourselves the strength to wade through the vicissitudes of life thereby sentencing ourselves to a life full of excuses.

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