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[vermint]

More optimistic lately than I've been in a very long time!

[dex]

@JaneMarplei agree with what you said.I have always believed that we have the power to choose our reactions and most of our feelings.When my son was little I taught him to decide how he wanted to feel about his daily encounters and he has grown to be a strong and caring person who is also happy with himself.

[shoptilyadropagain]

I consider myself a "Realist" although the optimistic people call me a pessimist.  Look, if something is a stupid idea or I don't think a certain thing will work or happen, I'll say so and I'm right 95% of the time.  

[ms traditional]

totally an optimist.  even when the landscape appears challenging.  i remember this joke: 

There is a famous joke about a child who wakes up on Christmas morning and is surprised to find a heap of horse manure under the tree instead of a collection of presents. Yet, the child is not discouraged because he has an extraordinarily optimistic outlook on life. His parents discover him enthusiastically shoveling the manure as he exclaims, “With all this manure, there must be a pony somewhere!”

it inspired me to get busy in volunteer work over the last years as i also believe that the work will never be completed, and you can't rely on others to do it.   it is up to me to make a good contribution.  

[masque]

Jim Croce song... heard it yesterday

You don't tug on superman's cape / You don't spit into the wind / You don't pull the mask off that old lone ranger / And you don't mess around with  him.

Optimistic... more so than last year...

[Nataliesgramma]

Probably somewhere between a pessimisst and realist.....I always try to have a "plan B"...

[Plaid Pants2]

I am a realist.

I like dealing with reality, the facts of any given situation, and using logic.

I threw away my rose colored glasses a long time ago.

[MoJoV]

I'm definitely a realist.  I expect the worst and hope for the best. 

[ALRATIBA]

Optimist.

[ms traditional]

being a pessimist or optimist doesn't rule out being a realist.  it is a question of how you deal with that reality imo.