Euphoria April 2013 - March 2014 | Page 106

HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY?

SABy- Samira Rizvi, X A

The dictionary defines optimism as a tendency to look on the more favourable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favourable outcome. But for me, optimism simply means to look at bright side, no matter what. The best example given for OPTIMISM VS PESSIMISM is to determine if the glass of water is half full or half empty. An optimist apparently goes for half full and in my opinion that is the right approach.

Life is too short to look at the dark side. We need to have a positive outlook towards everything because the history proves that pessimists are usually correct and the optimists are mostly wrong, But in the end, the

optimists are successful. A very common saying justifies my point even more, "When life gives you lemons make lemonade". Try to make the best out of everything. There will be many who will discourage you, tell you that you can't achieve your dream. But even then you need to be determined to achieve your goal. More than that you need to be an optimist so that in the end you can proudly say IN YOUR FACE, PESSIMIST. Optimism is perhaps the most important factor to turn your dream into a reality. I have not written all this just for the sake of an article, I have written this