I have no hope, dreams or faith.
I am not depressed, boring or pessimistic.
I have logic, goals and plans.
I am not happy, exciting or optimistic.
I am not average.
I am realistic.
Being realistic means having no hopes, dreams or faith. It means making what would be a dream, a goal with steps, action and achievement.
Hopes versus goals is what makes the successful person different from the optimistic.
I am an atheist, therefore I don't pray. But I ask, even the most foolish of theist to consider instead of praying, or I'm addition to praying, to take real actions.
You must do things to get things.
Praying, hoping and wishing does nothing.
The only reason one should wish is in hopes of achieving something highly unlikely, like getting Justin Bieber to take you to prom. Although you could take actual steps to get that to happen as well.
During my run I was thinking about "When an acceptable time to be hopeful is". I was thinking maybe when you can't do much, or you have run out of steps you can take. For example, in the hospital with cancer. Maybe it would help to be somewhat optimistic at the end of the strings of your life.
I was also thinking about maybe when you are going for a job. You pick out a good outfit, give your best interview and prepare a lot. After the interview is over all you can do is wait. Should you hope you get the job? Maybe. But would it be better to be optimistic about the job and not get the job, or to not be optimistic and to not get the job?
I just think if you use logic by thinking it is possible you don't get the job, to prepare for the worst outcome. I mean you don't look outside and see little drops rain and then think "Nope, I don't need this umbrella" when the weather could turn extremely bad. Or at least you shouldn't.
Answers should follow along with the individual's logic. It just makes sense not to be optimistic over a result that could be negative.
Maybe having hope at certain points in life is okay, but not all of the time. You can't just sit around and wait for something to happen, you have to get up and take steps, create goals and make it happen.
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I was also thinking about maybe when you are going for a job. You pick out a good outfit, give your best interview and prepare a lot. After the interview is over all you can do is wait. Should you hope you get the job? Maybe. But would it be better to be optimistic about the job and not get the job, or to not be optimistic and to not get the job?
I just think if you use logic by thinking it is possible you don't get the job, to prepare for the worst outcome. I mean you don't look outside and see little drops rain and then think "Nope, I don't need this umbrella" when the weather could turn extremely bad. Or at least you shouldn't.
Answers should follow along with the individual's logic. It just makes sense not to be optimistic over a result that could be negative.
Maybe having hope at certain points in life is okay, but not all of the time. You can't just sit around and wait for something to happen, you have to get up and take steps, create goals and make it happen.
Dreams are the goals of the weak man.
On a separate note, I have created a facebook page for my blog! https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Caffeinated-Philosophy-Experiment/281676515307653
Please like it! I hope to build up to at least 100 people to be able to have conversations about the ideas expressed in my blog posts. I want to become more accessible and communicative with my readers.
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Makes me think of that old quote, "Expectation is the root of all heartache."
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