“I don't consider myself a pessimist at all. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel completely soaked to the skin.”
Lol - oh, sorry, I didn't have a fitting answer at hand; I meant that you are not a pessimist "at all" ... "waiting for it to rain", while you feel "soaked to the skin"; I should have added "and neither looking too much through rose-coloured glasses".
Actually, I should have looked into the whole confusing "contradicting elements" which seem to be "contradicting themselves" with opposed descriptions:
"I am so often accused of gloominess and melancholy. And I think I'm probably the most cheerful man around.
I don't consider myself a pessimist at all. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel completely soaked to the skin. …
I think those descriptions of me are quite inappropriate to the gravity of the predicament that faces us all. I've always been free from hope. It's never been one of my great solaces. I feel that more and more we're invited to make ourselves strong and cheerful. .... I think that it was Ben Jonson who said, I have studied all the theologies and all the philosophies, but cheerfulness keeps breaking through."
Lol - you would have to travel through times. Anyway, many of the great ones, whether writers, poets, painters, musicians, philosophers, artists of all kinds, scientists, experts, or military and other leaders were, in most cases, no "angels".
Nobody is perfect, and all need some pleasant sides of life.
Thank you, T(h)ink!
“I don't consider myself a pessimist at all. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel completely soaked to the skin.”
@T(h)ink
Lol - you are not, indeed.
@ Marianne:
It was a Leonard Cohen quote! Ok, ok... so maybe it doesn't exactly apply to me.
Lol - oh, sorry, I didn't have a fitting answer at hand; I meant that you are not a pessimist "at all" ... "waiting for it to rain", while you feel "soaked to the skin"; I should have added "and neither looking too much through rose-coloured glasses".
Actually, I should have looked into the whole confusing "contradicting elements" which seem to be "contradicting themselves" with opposed descriptions:
"I am so often accused of gloominess and melancholy. And I think I'm probably the most cheerful man around.
I don't consider myself a pessimist at all. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel completely soaked to the skin. …
I think those descriptions of me are quite inappropriate to the gravity of the predicament that faces us all. I've always been free from hope. It's never been one of my great solaces. I feel that more and more we're invited to make ourselves strong and cheerful. .... I think that it was Ben Jonson who said, I have studied all the theologies and all the philosophies, but cheerfulness keeps breaking through."
Ben Jonson had it right. I think he was quite a carouser, if I remember correctly (not that I knew him personally).
Lol - you would have to travel through times. Anyway, many of the great ones, whether writers, poets, painters, musicians, philosophers, artists of all kinds, scientists, experts, or military and other leaders were, in most cases, no "angels".
Nobody is perfect, and all need some pleasant sides of life.
Waddaya mean, NOBODY'S perfect?!
Lol - oops - oh no - I sense tears behind the protests! You need a handkerchief and a comforting hug!
Kittens are perfect! (like fairies)
Lol - another pic!
That's a shame ! I'm sure he will be missed by many.
Yes, it is very sad.