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Unfolding Nature Shop: Unfolding Nature: Being in the Implicate Order

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"Cheer up - things could be worse"
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"So I cheered up and sho 'nuff - things got worse."


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The proof is in the pudding.

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Re: "Cheer up - things could be worse" [Re: Swami]
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Come on. Now that is just wantonly negative.


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"A warrior is a hunter. He calculates everything. That's control. Once his calculations are over, he acts. He lets go. That's abandon. A warrior is not a leaf at the mercy of the wind. No one can push him; no one can make him do things against himself or against his better judgment. A warrior is tuned to survive, and he survives in the best of all possible fashions." ― Carlos Castaneda

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Re: "Cheer up - things could be worse" [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
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Are you denying or encouraging the belief that a happy outlook begets happy results?


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Re: "Cheer up - things could be worse" [Re: Swami]
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A happy outlook doesn't necessarily get happy results, but it helps you deal with the results you get.

For example, one man gets cancer, he fights it for years, he becomes sad and depressed, loses his hair, he blows his head off. Another man gets cancer, he fights it for years, he keeps hopes, he loses his hair, he fights it longer, finally he overcomes it (or maybe dies). Having optimism helps many people persevere until the results do become good, rather than just giving up as a pessimistic attitude often encourages.


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So long as you are praised think only that you are not yet on your own path but on that of another.

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Re: "Cheer up - things could be worse" [Re: Ravus]
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How is it pessimistic if the guy had a cheery attitude and merely noted that the situation declined? Should we deny current reality?


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Re: "Cheer up - things could be worse" [Re: Swami]
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Pessimism-
1. A tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable or to take the gloomiest possible view: ?We have seen too much defeatism, too much pessimism, too much of a negative approach? (Margo Jones).
2. The doctrine or belief that this is the worst of all possible worlds and that all things ultimately tend toward evil.
3. The doctrine or belief that the evil in the world outweighs the good.


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How is it pessimistic if the guy had a cheery attitude and merely noted that the situation declined?


It's not. If he has a cheery attitude, it's not pessimism, and pessimism is not noting the truth of a bad situation. See above definition.


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So long as you are praised think only that you are not yet on your own path but on that of another.

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Re: "Cheer up - things could be worse" [Re: Swami]
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I am encouraging. I know you don't believe it, but having a positive mental attitude is an advantage at the outset of any situation be it good or bad. Nothing mystical about it...it just provides motivation and determination. We should not deny reality , but maintain a positive, determined attitude in spite of however dire our circumstance may be.


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"A warrior is a hunter. He calculates everything. That's control. Once his calculations are over, he acts. He lets go. That's abandon. A warrior is not a leaf at the mercy of the wind. No one can push him; no one can make him do things against himself or against his better judgment. A warrior is tuned to survive, and he survives in the best of all possible fashions." ― Carlos Castaneda

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Re: "Cheer up - things could be worse" [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
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Positive outlook is not just a magic that is supose to give you good results, sometimes it does, but in essence it is about chosing to be happy instead of bitter. It's about controling your emotions into your own favour.


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"..and suddenly it began to rain"

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Re: "Cheer up - things could be worse" [Re: Swami]
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"So I cheered up and sho 'nuff - things got worse."

As my mom would say "What's wrong NOW?"


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Anxiety is what you make it.

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Re: "Cheer up - things could be worse" [Re: LunarEclipse]
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Your mom sounds like an enlightened master. :smile:


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Re: "Cheer up - things could be worse" [Re: Swami]
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"Your mom sounds like an enlightened master."

I may be a little biased, but mom has a way of cutting to the chase.


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