optimistic

i seldom feel sorry for anyone. but i can't help but feel sad for optimistic people. really sad. i mean, when the shit hits the fan they seldom see it coming. they can never believe something has gone wrong, terribly wrong. it just doesn't make any sense for them. things are supposed to go right after all. well, they aren't. not in the real world. the difference between an optimistic person and a pessimist one is, an optimistic is never expecting things to go wrong. so when they go right, well, it's working as intended; if they go wrong, they can't handle it. the pessimist person is different: always expecting everything to go terribly wrong, following every murphy law. so then they do, indeed, go wrong, they had already seen it coming. if things go right, they'll rejoice, as it has come as a surprise, as an unexpected outcome. it's a great victory.