half full and contain enough soda to finish their meals. Looking on the positive side‚ Sarah is showing an example of optimism. Optimists believe they are responsible for their own happiness and believe that a negative event occurs rarely. Also‚ anytime something bad does happen‚ optimists think it is not their own fault‚ rather than something out of their control. Furthermore‚ optimism
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throughout the story‚ Pangloss defends his theory by determining the positive from negative situations. For this reason‚ Pangloss is a very hopeful character in the story because he refuses to accept evil. In the very beginning‚ Candide is affected by optimism. Candide grows up in the Castle of Westphalia‚ in which his life was one of happiness‚ but he is shortly thrown out of the castle for kissing Baron’s daughter‚ Cunegonde. “Best of all possible worlds‚ the Baron’s castle was the finest of all castles”
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everything. They believed this in hopes to make the world a better place to live. Voltaire is against such optimism‚ and believes that true joy can only be experienced in a world that doesn’t exist. In his book Candide‚ he uses anti-heroism as a satire against the philosophers of the enlightenment. I do not believe that Voltaire intends the reader to see the world with optimism‚ but rather pessimism. I will further explain why I believe the book draws attention to the horrific “ways of the world” throughout
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be full of sorrow". We are crumbling under the mounting pressure of defeatism and self-frustration. Today various factors of life have made man morbidly tired of himself. In the midst of intellectual‚ moral and spiritual bankruptcy‚ the forces of optimism though bleak‚ appear to be the only sustaining force. We in our frustration are made to think that life is not entirely devoid of joy and happiness. It is wrong on our part to lose faith in the ultimate goodness of things. “Life may change
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A Positive Life from a Positive Attitude Sometimes it is difficult to think positive‚ whether the glass be half-full or half-empty. However‚ having positive can actually benefit many people’s lives more than just being happy. A positive attitude can help many solutions such as self confidence‚ health‚ stress‚ and many more examples. It is important to keep in mind that a positive attitude can help or even fix a difficult dilemma‚ and a negative attitude can make the problem even worse. Characters
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for the other people and live in harmony with commandments of my religion. The next thing about my philosophy of life is a proper attitude what means that I have a lot of faith in myself and I am taking challenges with believing in final success. Optimism is very important in man’s life and we cannot forget about it‚ because it helps in bearing up with difficulties. Having friends is also important; however‚ the point is to choose wisely and surround yourself with well-wishing and loyal people which
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Purchased by Umesh Phadke (phadke.u@gmail.com) on December 22‚ 2012 Nine Things Successful People Do Differently Heidi Grant Halvorson Harvard Business Review Press Boston‚ Massachusetts ISBN: 978-1-4221-8561-2 Product number: 11065 Copyright 2011 Harvard Business School Publishing All rights reserved Purchased by Umesh Phadke (phadke.u@gmail.com) on December 22‚ 2012 CONTENTS Introduction 1. Get Specific 2. Seize the Moment to Act on Your Goals 3. Know Exactly How Far You Have
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Look On The Bright Side By: Patrick Seick “My Mother.” “A dose of morphine is administered.” “They will die anyway.” “She ate her bottom lip off.” “Dying should be a quiet time.” “Why does she have to endure all this?” “Those screams ring loud and clear.” Every year the National Committee on the Treatment of Intractable Pain receives thousands letters like this one. They concern a pain so extreme that not even the most powerful legal pain reliever‚ morphine‚ can fully alleviate it. But
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Jack London we see many of the characteristics of realism. From vivid details and issues of real life‚ to optimism and dealing with the common or ordinary we see realism very prominently in each of these stories. Both of these stories face the same characteristics of realism such as vivid details as they try to survive in the wilderness‚ issues of real life such as love and death‚ and the optimism they try to have as each of their situation’s go from bad to worse. In The Outcasts of Poker Flats we notice
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that being optimistic is not a choice‚ but a lifestyle. Secondly‚ I consider myself optimistic because I always find a positive angle in a negative situation. Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile‚ a world of optimism‚ and hope. A ‘you can do it‚’ when things are tough attitude. I may not be able to save the world‚ but it is the positive little things that can really turn myself or somebody else’s day from poor to superior. Furthermore‚ my friends have always
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