- July 10th, 2009
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- Optimist or Pessimist
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” – Sir Winston Churchill. This quote struck me when I read it a few weeks ago. It seems to be such a fitting quote for our times. People are losing jobs and houses; some are living off savings; and some have used most of their savings. Sadly that is reality. But reality changes. And we even have the ability to change our own reality, just by how we look at things.
For some, losing a job may not be such a bad thing. It may provide the shove they needed to find something better, it may provide a chance to follow a dream or they may start a new business.
When maps were made 2,000 years ago the end of the map had pictures of monsters and dragons because no one knew what was out there. What would happen if you marched off the map? Would you be an optimist and see it has a challenge or would you be the pessimist and be stopped by the difficulty? Reality is what it is and we would be well served to forgive it for being reality. Even if reality is a shadow for you, remember that a shadow is formed when there is light. The light will come again as it always does and the shadow will end.
March off the map and see the opportunity.
