Do you e the glass as half-full rather than all empty? The two different answers to this question reprent two different attitudes towards life -- optimistic attitude and pessimis tic attitude. Optimism always leads to happiness, health and success while pessimism, by contrast, results in hopelessness, sickness and failure. That's becau optimists and pessimists deal with the same challenges and disappoint ments in very different ways. When things go wrong, the pessimist tends to blame himlf, while the optimist looks f or loop holes. The optimist feels in control of his overall life. If things are going badly, he acts quickly, looking for solutions, forming a new plan of action, and eking for advice. On the contrary, the pessimist yields to the arrangement of fate and moves slowly. He doesn't ek advice, since he assumes nothing can be done. Most people are a mix of optimism and pessimism. Optimism is important in all aspect s of our lives. If you can change your mind from pessimism to optimism, you can change your life.