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Originally Posted by AlexG  Being your BEST self is the key. To be your best self you have to go through alot of improvement. |
If I am a curmudgeon then the
best (or most pure) curmudgeon that I can think of would be Perry Cox on the TV Show scrubs. He is the best example of a perfect curmudgeon that I can think of*. So you are saying that I should be the best curmudgeon? Everyone hates Cox! I don't want everyone to hate me! I don't want to be the best jerk! I want to be the worst jerk! The jerk who is not very good at being a jerk. Not the person who is the best at being a jerk. I don't want to perfect jerkiness. That's what Cox does. He makes it an art! He teaches himself to become an even stronger jerk! It's very entertaining for a TV show, but I want to fight that! I want to teach myself to be LESS jerky! Not that I am a jerk. I just don't want to get that way.
If I have pessimistic tendencies, then being optimistic would be contrary to my being. I would by definition be trying to NOT be the best me that I can be, since I would have to increase the pessimism in me. I would have to embrace my pessimism to be the best pessimist that I could be. And I don't want to be that kind of person at all! I want to be an optimist!
*The most charismatic curmudgeon would be George Carlin. But I already stated that I am not funny. His humor makes him MUUUUUCH more likeable.