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Topic: Looking On The Bright Side
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Valus
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posted July 28, 2009 02:22 PM
 
There is a difference between looking on the bright side of life and believing whatever makes you happy. There is a correct way, as well as an incorrect way, to think more positively. Wishful thinking is delusional, but hopeful thinking is healthy. We can see the light without denying the dark. We can find our way without imagining lights. There is light enough to guide us if we look for it honestly.  IP: Logged |
blue moon
Knowflake Posts: 1344
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Registered: Apr 2009
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posted July 28, 2009 03:11 PM
I like that one, kind of an optimistic but realistic vibe.
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GypseeWind
Moderator Posts: 3880
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Registered: May 2009
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posted July 29, 2009 02:55 PM
Have you been hanging around a Sag lately? Seems like you could of took a look in my head and wrote that down!IP: Logged |
cpn_edgar_winner
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posted July 29, 2009 04:21 PM
valus, you get it. you go striaght to the heart of the matter once again.
without recognising darkness, what then is light?
with out rain, how would we know what a blessing a sunny day is?
to deny the existance of either is living without truth. hope with open eyes is a beautiful thing belief in one without acknowledging the other is just living with blinders on. there is room for light and darkness to co-exist, in fact without it, we wouldn't know one from the other. there are times that i love you for what you say / type.
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Lucia23
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posted July 29, 2009 09:53 PM
I like this--optimism, and the pursuit of happiness, without delusion.IP: Logged |
Unmoved
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posted July 29, 2009 11:06 PM
quote:
There is a difference between
looking on the bright side of life
and believing whatever makes you happy.There is a correct way,
as well as an incorrect way,
to think more positively.
I'm just grateful if I get any of these too, i.e. being realistically positive, or having the delusional type.  I always say that I don't need to be perfect to speak of perfection, and so yeah, we always look for the real thing... but I am never sure if I am ever there. So, I just let it be whatever it is because to contemplate whether I am right or wrong to feel a certain way, or whether I am really feeling a certain way, usually puts me in a bad mood because I can never come to an answer. So, I've given up on that. I always say time will tell, and it usually does. If my feelings are "wrong" as far as people are concerned, I always say that I'll evolve to feel the way they feel, or visa versa. I just let it be, that's my point. And, I'm speaking about what I do personally. I might one day learn to differentiate as the rest of you. I'm not that bad though. I am probably being very hard on myself. And just for interest's sake, it's easy to be in delusional darkness for me, but whether it is delusional or not, it still dark, so it usually makes no difference.  IP: Logged |
Valus
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posted July 30, 2009 12:33 AM
Thanks, peeps. "Peeps" as in people,
not "peeps" as in:  Interesting thoughts, Unmoved.
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The good thing about not being perfect
is that we can always perfect ourselves.
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BlueTopaz124
Knowflake Posts: 187
From: Portland, OR, USA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted July 30, 2009 09:07 PM
Mmmm peeps.Hopeful thinking vs. wishful thinking....I will have to think about both. IP: Logged |
Valus
Knowflake Posts: 3347
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posted July 30, 2009 10:25 PM
Knowing it will fade,
give yourself to the summer.
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