Optimist: this post
Pessimist: somebody just lost their child, another is breathing in smog, another lost their hair due to chemo, and another was just rejected by their crush.
Rationalist: Shit happens bruv, accept the good things as they happen and do your best to get through the bad
I don't think the point was that bad things don't happen, it was just trying to redirect thoughts towards the things in life that aren't much, but can mean everything at the same time.
It's no different to me than posts about puppies with their tongues out. Dogs also bite people, lick their balls with those tongues, and eventually grow old and die. That doesn't make the puppy less worthwhile.
Obviously bad things happen, and I'm far from an optimist. But if you don't take a break from thinking about them once in awhile, you're going to spend every day miserable and jaded, caught in a vicious cycle of negativity that quickly becomes depression.
If that's how some people want to live, there's little to be done about that. But for everyone else maybe a little too caught up in their own thoughts, there's a chance one of the things in this post might give them the lift they needed to get through whatever is happening in their day. That's enough to make it worthwhile for me. :)
Pessimist: somebody just lost their child, another is breathing in smog, another lost their hair due to chemo, and another was just rejected by their crush.
Rationalist: Shit happens bruv, accept the good things as they happen and do your best to get through the bad
It's no different to me than posts about puppies with their tongues out. Dogs also bite people, lick their balls with those tongues, and eventually grow old and die. That doesn't make the puppy less worthwhile.
Obviously bad things happen, and I'm far from an optimist. But if you don't take a break from thinking about them once in awhile, you're going to spend every day miserable and jaded, caught in a vicious cycle of negativity that quickly becomes depression.
If that's how some people want to live, there's little to be done about that. But for everyone else maybe a little too caught up in their own thoughts, there's a chance one of the things in this post might give them the lift they needed to get through whatever is happening in their day. That's enough to make it worthwhile for me. :)