Another perspective: the glass is all full. It's half full of water and half full of air. Feng shui! Anyway, thanks seekliberation I like the practical points you make. I'd like my parents to have long, happy lives. But having seen my step Dad linger miserably for years, I'd rather my parents have short, happy lives than long, miserable ones. Same for me. And FFLers too. And by happy I don't mean blissninniehood. Even the article began with the descriptor "overly optimistic." Remember turq, Maharishi explains that bliss is not always blissful. Thanks for the article. It'll be fascinating to see how the Positive Psychology gang responds.
________________________________ From: seekliberation <seekliberat...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 1, 2013 6:18 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bad news for blissninnies It makes sense to me when I read the article. But I also think there is a fine line between those who look at the glass as half empty, and those who just sit around in a state of misery and do nothing to increase what's in the glass. So I guess it's not as simple as 'half-empty, half-full'. It's more complex than that. I guess it may be more like this: 1. The glass is half full, so i'll just sit on my ass for now. 2. The glass is half full, so i'll save it for later. 3. The glass is half empty, so I better start filling it up now. 4. The glass is half empty, therefore life sucks. I would say that #2 & #3 are a healthy approach. So it's not just that pessimism is better, it's that DOING something to improve your situation is superior to relaxing and assuming that everything is going to work out just fine. And it's the pessimist who will percieve the need for action more so than the optimist. A lot of hippies and babyboomers are learning that painfully now. seekliberation --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > The pessimists you rag on will outlive you. > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/28/pessimists-live-longer-lives-study_n_2781598.html >
