DH is an optimist, I'm the pessimist/realist aspiring to be more optimistic. I just hate being disappointed. I hope for the best, prepare for the worst - it seems to work for me.
Wow, that is really good for youOriginally Posted by laureen227
i would have to say i'm an optimist, since i never even prepare for the worst outcome, much less brood over possibilities or expect it.
i'm really not a worrier.
This is me, too, for the most part.Originally Posted by GingersMom
I am a cockeyed optimist.
I plan for the worst and hope for the best.
That's pretty much the way I look at itOriginally Posted by lookingglass
I prepare for the worst and when it doesn't turn out that way I'm presently surprised.
How's that for an outlook on life?
Originally Posted by Bonnie1965
I call myself a pessimistic optimist.
On the look out for the worst but deep inside, I know there is good stuff out there. I try to see not just the bad, ugly stuff but all the beauty and good things as well.
i think it's a chracter trait. we'll have sermons sometimes, in church, explaining why worrying is pointless, etc. i think most people must stew & fret over things they have no control over. i'm really glad i don't have that tendency, but it's nothing i did - i'm just made that way.Originally Posted by Trouts mom
Wow, that is really good for youI can't imagine life without worrying..I probably have an ulcer the size of Miami.
It is true that it is pointless to worry..I have read a couple of books about making sense of being a worrywart..and how NOT to be one. I totally logically understand that it makes no sense to worry...but it is so hard to change the way you thinkOriginally Posted by laureen227
i think it's a chracter trait. we'll have sermons sometimes, in church, explaining why worrying is pointless, etc. i think most people must stew & fret over things they have no control over. i'm really glad i don't have that tendency, but it's nothing i did - i'm just made that way.
Me either.Originally Posted by laureen227
i'm really not a worrier.
Same here. Some days, the sun shines & I just can't see it.Originally Posted by katiemae1277
I'd have to say an optimist, bad things just keep happeneing, but I know it can't stay bad forever....I hope