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An Optimist Finds The Positive In The Negative

an optimist finds the positive in the negative

An optimist finds the positive in the negative, and a pessimist can only find the negative in the positive. WORK ON BEING AN OPTIMIST!

an optimist finds the positive in the negative

For most of us, it’s easier to become and stay a pessimist than it is to continue to stay an optimist. In the world in which we live today, it becomes work to always look on the bright side.

There are a few people who are an optimist by birth and somehow continue to stay that way. But the rest of us have to work at it, at least sometimes.

The story below is a great example of what happens when you won’t allow yourself to look on the bright side of a situation.

An optimist sees the best in the world, while a pessimist sees only the worst. An optimist finds the positive in the negative, and a pessimist can only find the negative in the positive.

For example, as a duck hunter, I was in the market for a new bird dog a few years ago. My search finally ended when I found a dog that could not only retrieve, but could actually walk on water! Of course I bought him immediately but wasn’t sure how I’d tell my hunter buddies.

I decided to try to break the news to one friend at a time starting with a long-time buddy who was also a hunter. He was a pessimist by nature, but I invited him to hunt with me and my new dog.

As we waited, carefully concealed by the shore, a flock of ducks flew by. We fired, and ducks fell at a distance. The dog responded and jumped into the water. The dog, however, did not sink but instead walked across the water to retrieve the birds, never getting more than his paws wet. This
continued all day long–each time a duck fell, the dog walked across the surface of the water to retrieve it.

My pessimist buddy watched carefully, saw everything, but did not say a single word about it the entire day.

On the drive home the silence was suddenly broken when my friend said, “Too bad about your dog.”

A little surprised at his statement, I asked, “What do you mean?”

“I mean,” drawled the pessimist slowly, “it’s too bad ya got stuck with one that can’t swim.”

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