A Half Empty Glass

The outlook of each person is different, and our attitude and solution of the same event are also different. When something bad happens, some tend to see the event as a single event which does not affect their lives. On the other hand, the others feel that an event is just one of string of bad events affecting their lives. When you are looking at a glass that is filled exactly halfway with liquid, is the glass half full or half empty to you? People who see an event which is much worse than it is and say it is half empty glass are called pessimists. They do not brave to overcome troubles in their live; in contrast, they usually live in fear that bad things will come to them. In simple terms, pessimists have the negative outlook, hopelessness and are cowardly.
Pessimists have negative attitudes and expecting the worst of people and situations. Pessimists hold this outlook regardless of facts and events which might indicate a more balanced or positive reality. For example, my friend, Trinh is a pessimist. When she got a low grade on a test, she said: “I failed again. I never do well on tests. I am stupid. I should just quit trying”. And when something does go well for Trinh, she often attributes her success to luck. Further, she has negative thoughts that she was just lucky that time and she does not expect to do well again. Pessimists always see themselves as failures and look at the dark or the back side of events.
Hopelessness is another characteristic of pessimists. They do not enjoy life and get depressed when they think about the future. They try nothing new or challenging and never take any risks because they feel that they will fail. They lack the belief that everything could change and have a similar premonition that they would never succeed in anything they tried. An example of this is someone who is fired or bankrupt or disappointed in love. They lose their hope in life and become pessimists. They think that they will never succeed again or never get new