“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
- William Arthur Ward
I know many people who say they are realists, when in reality they are pessimists. There is a difference, much as I hate to say it.
You can't claim to be a realist if you can't work with the reality of things. A realist can typically predict what's coming, based on realistic experiences. If you can't work on absorbing the impact of change, then you either didn't see it coming or you didn't work on changing it. A pessimist will always see the bad things before they arrive, and an optimist will always see the positive. Putting forth the effort to alter your situation to best acclimate the arriving change makes you a realist.
I am a pessimist, and have as of late discovered that I have a passive aggressive personality disorder.
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