For a pessimist, happiness comes from acceptance- the acceptance of the negative reality. Instead of trying to rid your mind of all negative imagery, they embrace it, watching the negative thoughts drift in and out of your mind without trying to drown them out. But is this really where true happiness lies? It might be that the key to true happiness is seeing every cloud with a silver lining, in other words being optimistic. People who are optimistic expect more positive events to occur in their lives than negative and thats one of the reasons its been shown that optimists are happier. Well-being and satisfaction are tied to optimism. Its mostly because of this anticipation of positive or negative. Optimism gives you a reason to live it creates a sense of fulfillment and satisfaction and creates a positive anticipation of the future.
A cheerful temperament can undeniably help you get through the rough patches that cloud every life, but do people who see the gla
ss half-full also enjoy better health than those who see it half-empty? Yes. Pessimists may state that people who view their life optimistically dont see the dangers in life until its too late, but the truth is that optimists know more about their own health and about how to be healthy. According to several studies, the simple ability of being positive can improve your physiological and psychological wellbeing. These studies show that optimism seems to have an important role in the association between feelings of loss of hope, depression and suicidal thoughts. For instance, an American study analyzed 6,959 students who underwent a personality test when they entered the University of North Carolina in the mid-960s. In the course of the next 40 years, 476 of the people died from a variety of causes, with cancer being the most common. Overall, pessimism took a substantial toll; the most pessimistic individuals had a 42% higher rate of death than the most optimistic.