The optimism of people today revolve around too many insignificant instances. “The Autobiography”‚ by Benjamin Franklin‚ shows this. “TRANQUILITY. Be not disturbed at trifles‚ or at accidents common or unavoidable.” (Franklin 81). This virtue means that one should not be in dismay over calamities that can’t be dodged in everyday life. When the boat to Philadelphia was torn at the sails‚ Benjamin and the crew waited out the robust winds. Anxiety is a disorder that makes the average person worry about
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PSCY1000 Melissa Ryan Capella University Is the glass half full or half empty? Does every cloud truly have a silver lining? These are a few quotes that are as old as the ages. I have always found myself to look at the brighter and lighter side of every situation. I find that not dwelling on the negative or pondering on the downside keeps me in a better place and state of mind. I recently took an optimism test administered‚ this test can be taken by anyone and found at www.authentichappiness
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Question: Analyse how the growth or breakdown of a character relationship or individual in a text (or texts) you have studied? Analyse the deterioting relationship between the narrator and his wife Lerice. “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times‚ always with the same person.” Within the text “Six Feet of the Country” by Nadine Gordimer‚ we are given insight into a deterioting relationship. The negative narrator and his wife’s relationship is slowly crumbling due his lack of interest
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The key to Happiness Is the glass half empty‚ or is it half full? A true optimist would say that the glass is half full. That is because an optimist will always lean towards the more positive option. Optimism is defined as “ the inclination to look at the bright side of any situation‚ and expect the best possible outcome from any series of events. Anyone can be optimistic‚ some people choose optimism as a way of life‚ it can reduce stress producing a better quality of life‚ and if used on a
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Transience by Freud In this text‚ Freud recalls a story that dates back to the years of the First World War‚ while on a countryside walk with some friends‚ one poet. This young poet then‚ stopped to admire the scenery‚ longing somehow what would remain of that beauty falling winter‚ and reflecting on the fate of the same: that beauty would disappear. All this beauty that could exist in the landscape‚ was overshadowed by the characteristic of the transient. Freud writes in this essay that this
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As we all know people love to be around positive people. Negative people always bring you down and usually do not accomplish goals they have set. In the work world‚ you do not want anyone on your team be negative. It can rub off on anyone in the group‚ or the whole group. However‚ it is also true for a positive attitude and self-concept. Those who are positive tend to be more driven and have a better self-concept. This paper discusses the importance of having a positive attitude and self-concept
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1---Positive thinking is a mental attitude that sees the bright side of things. A positive mind anticipates happiness‚ joy‚ health‚ and favorable results. If you adopt this mental attitude‚ you teach your mind to expect success‚ growth and expansion of what you do. Some people accept positive thinking as a fact‚ and believe in its effectiveness. Others‚ consider it as nonsense‚ and scoff at people who believe or accept it. Among the people who accept it‚ not many know how to use it effectively
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Essay: «Are you an optimist or a pessimist about your future» Optimists believe in surpassingly fair and god-blessed future‚ meantime pessimists prophesy that we should expect nothing but trouble in the future. Both opinions go from one extreme to another. It is just conceivable the truth lies somewhere in the middle. At least once every human was plainly perplexed by the ultimate questions of existence‚ the meaning of life and future. While the first two subjects may be light-heartedly brushed
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The theory of the “Broken window fallacy” says that destruction and the costs incurred along with it do not reap any kind of benefits to the economy. If any kind of destruction occurs‚ there are many parties that are going to be affected‚ if it’s a natural disaster it would affect the business of the economy and the economy is hit badly. If everything was working on normal pace‚ the business could have flourished and would have new avenues‚ but on the event of the destruction all those extra opportunities
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If Winter Comes Can Spring be far behind? – Essay Day is followed by night and night by day. Similarly‚ in life every period of sorrow and despair has at last to come to end. It is followed by a period of peace‚ comfort and joy. We must have a firm belief in the goodness of things and have a strong self-confidence. There is no occasion for feeling dismayed. “If hopes are dupes‚ fears may be liars.” Life is full of tears and smiles‚ tears predominate. Sufferings and misfortunes may loom large
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