Travis W
@twalls2023 · 1:07
Glass Half Empty? Or Half Full
So this world is glass half empty or half full. And what I mean by that is are you someone who is constantly thinking optimistic just Patty Positivity? Or are you someone who realizes that everything cannot be positive 100% of the time? I know we went through COVID these inflation on our groceries and everything else know during this point in time are you continuing to stay positive or are you just kind of a realist let me know?
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 3:48
If you've ever been around a sick person who has dealt a bad deck of health cards, but yet they have such a positive attitude, they can get better faster than the person that says, I'm a victim, this is a horrible thing. So I think it's powerful to ask this question insofar as its impact on our awareness of our negativity or positivity
But it also depends on the person. Did you know that whether you're a pessimist or an optimist is actually about 50% genetically determined? Some people are just born with their core personality being more optimistic. Some are born with their core personality being more pessimistic. But note that I said 50% genetic. That also means that it's 50% nurture. It's your environment as well. And that's where I think maybe the key to your question lies, because we can change our perspective
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Travis W
@twalls2023 · 0:32
You. I absolutely love your take on my question. Your answer really did shape things into perspective, and that's what I am looking for. Great conversation with great people. Awesome. Thank you
This is my second life in one lifetime, so I'm kind of, like, too grateful to cry, you know what I mean? I'm too grateful to look at it as half empty because the things that I've been brought through thus far I'm not supposed to be here. I mean, for real. For real. And trying to commit suicide on a time payment plan and then God intervening and saying, yeah, not you and not now