You are what you see
bythemethod | July 27, 2009
When you get up in the morning and pull back your curtains what do you see? Do you notice that there are clouds in the sky and the dark houses the other side of the road? Or do you notice the gaps in the clouds with the sunlight streaming through them? Do you notice the bird flying high in the sky or the cat about to do some business on your front lawn? I could go on but I hope you get the point of what I am trying to say.
If you want to know if you are a pessimist or an optoimist then one of the easiest ways is to take notice of what you see. Do you see the good things that are happening or the bad? Optimists notice the good, of course.
All the time we can either fix our eyes on the bad stuff or we can fix our eyes on the good stuff – it’s our choice. Learning to be content and seeing the good side of things is an important skill to learn. If you want to start being more of an optimist then start to notice the good things.
When you start to do this you will also start to notice the oppotunities that are available to you. This is one of the big benefits of being an optimist – it may not be that better things happen to an optimist but simply that by focusing on opportunities instead of threats the optimist finds more ways to succeed.
