Stop being “Pessimist”, I have heard this lot of times from my close & loved ones so far, so much that some where I have accepted that I am a pessimist.
What is with a pessimist? What’s wrong in thinking that something might not work the way we want it to work? Isn’t that the case a lot of times? If a famous personality or a scientist or a mathematician says it, or proves it with formula, it’s accepted as law. If a common man (in this case, common woman, me ;)) says it, it is pessimism!!
Now, give it a thought… if everyone is accepting Murphy’s Law, a law which has worked perfectly well, what’s the deep thought with in Murphy’s Law? “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong”. Well said… people accepted. Even the most optimist person accepts this. Why would not an optimist say that no to this? So is there no pessimism in this? I am sure an optimist would counter argue saying, no it’s just being practical… is it so? I still see a certain degree of pessimism even in the optimist if someone accepts this law.
Why register any vehicle? I have given a thought a lot of times. Why would not people just take a new vehicle & start driving, I have thought for quite some time. Only reason that even the Wikipedia says was that the vehicle registration was made mandatory to track the vehicles “in case” of accidents. Oh Really!!! I thought. What would a group of people/ a body/ a society who ever came up with an idea of registering the vehicle thought about it? “IF”, there is an accident then we need to track the vehicle & its owner etc. isn’t there pessimism? Well, people might counter argue saying its practical. Whole world accepted just because a group of people said that. What about all those optimists sitting out there? Even they want their vehicles registered!!!
Now, why is wearing a helmet made compulsory for riding a 2 wheeler? Of course, it is no brainer. It is protect your head “IF” you meet with accident. Isn’t that being pessimist? Well, it’s being practical as defined by optimist. Then why would an optimist wear a helmet? Give it a thought J
Now, having said that, isn’t being practical in a way accepting pessimism? If yes, then think a little further, if optimist accepts that being practical is ok, then by transitive law, isn’t an optimist also a pessimist to some extent? So deep within all of us, is there a pessimist or an optimist who is trying to see the world & incidences the way we see it?
If being practical is not being pessimist, then which is that thin line which separates being practical from pessimism. Something that is constantly haunting me, but till now I haven’t been able to successfully draw that thin line & “I don’t think I can draw that thin line too” … now, what’s that?!!!
