Pessimism, Optimism, Realism, Idealism, Ignorance, Knowledge

Pessimists see the glass half empty. Optimists see the glass half full. Realists see things in literal truth and pragmatism, or more grounded on reality. Idealist practice envisioning things in an ideal form, or in simpler term aiming for perfection.

I researched this subject so in the following text I'll be stealing peoples info to form my own opinion and pretty much talk about these personality types.

I've noticed while researching that there are an equal amount of pessimists, optimist, realist and idealist. Realism and pessimism are often put together as are optimism and idealism. I am an optimist and an idealist. I think its a pretty good mix cause the flaw of idealism is that reality always comes like a slap in the face, but optimism kinda counters that slap in the face cause i'll always look on the bright side of things so i wont be hurt by reality.

The flaw of realism is that you'll never aim for your full potential. The flaw of pessimism is that you'll be freaking depressed. The flaw of idealism is that your dreams will often be crushed.

I was having trouble finding the flaw for optimism. cause even though they will aim too high they are never brought down. they are very happy cause a failure is never there fault in there minds. they'll ALWAYS look on the positive side.

a young man decides to become a stand-up comic. His friends think he's nuts, but he's an optimist. Because he thinks he has a chance, he keeps trying. And because he keeps trying, his chances keep increasing. True, he runs into obstacles, but he's an optimist, so hurdles are seen not as objects of fear or frustration, but as puzzles in need of a solution. Because of his positive attitude, he doesn't give up. And do you know what happens to people who don't give up? They reach their goal! Now repeat in your mind the same scenario, but with a pessimist. What do you think the pessimist's chances of success are?

source: http://www.personal-development.com/chuck/pessimists.htm

so these people will be very happy. However they will often be self delusional. cause they'll think everything is okay or everything will work out but it won't. So this kinda leads back to the debate of ignorance. is it good or bad?

''This self-delusion has been found to be healthy, resulting in more success, better health and longer lie than those who are actually realistic!'' http://www.futurevisions.org/Law_pessm_opt.htm

its weird i still dont really know what i thinl about ignorance (bliss) vs knowledge (power)... I'll get back to that debate later

balance is whats important in this situation but I'm still not sure whats better...

well i think being pessimistic is bad so thats out of the picture. Being a realist can be smart and you wont get as hurt, but you'll never show your full potential. being an idealist makes you an easy target so you'll get hurt, but you'll be aiming for excellence so it could end well. being an optimist is healthy, but makes you self-delusional. so i guess its about finding a balance between realism, idealism and optimism. I kow its all about BALANCE but I still wanna form more of an opinion on this.

I'm still not done with this text but i am for now. I'll get back to this later. Let me know what you guys think

-Sekoya