Tuesday, November 18, 2008

I'm an optimist

I fear not recession. Because being the self involved person that I am, economics interests me when I'm studying its concepts. Practical, I try to cast another picture when economic performance slows down. I do not think, like any other optimist, the current econonmic slow down will last for more than three months or continue to slow down as it is now. This kind of thinking might seem a bit over-optimistic, but economics as it is has never been an exact science. It's interesting and warranted to set inflation targeting but factors that determine achieving such an objective depends on whether industry's output lives to expectation after other economic facilitations such as monetary policy and developmental policy, so forth. We might say economics is partly art and science.
I'm no superman or have an economic Rosetta Stone waiting to be discovered in me, but I have not find any reason so far to worry about the current global economic condition. This unconcerned utterance is not an attempt to downplay the crisis. There's crisis but that's for well versed economic leaders to uncover the mysteries that may lead to sustainable solution. My 'unconcerned utterance' is an optimistic attempt to say 'if I understand that this situation is now part of our daily struggle, since it happened in 1929, 1987, 1998, then there's no need to worry because it passes all the time.'
In seeing hope where there's none does not mean to be over-optimistic. What it generally means is that when one refer to how the mind works, we find that we can make our own reality by changing our state of mind. 'Our own reality' which pessimists will see as self deception or delusion. If the mind expects truth, growth and beauty, then it attracts similar to its environment. Then imagine if 20 out of 30 good economists assigned to come up with sustainable solutions for current and future economic growth wants,needs truth,beauty and growth out of global economic, thus the possibility of such yearning is warrant able, isn't it? An example of sort is applicable since economics is not an exact science.
Optimism!!Not at all an exact science either. The nice thing about being an optimist, though, compared to economic condition, is that it's entirely up to the subject concerned. To be optimistic does not automatically state you look not at the negative sections of an issue, but using whatever is within your disposal to manifest positive change you want to see happen.
Looking at another matter which perception is mounting about presidential material. What is a presidential material? In technical terms a presidential material would be someone who has distinctive and accurate understanding of the working of various issues which are for the benefit of a nation. Hang on! Such elaboration is equal to an intellectual, isn't? Doesn't this mean all intellectuals are presidential material? Personality! What personality should anyone we see as presidential material possess? Calmness.Aggression.Above average intellect. I'm no leader of people or a follower of social events; thus I cannot make any substantial judgement of leadership values. I'm an individual living by values: humbleness, uprightness, constant care, and so forth. And these values I did not conceive but peacefully and humbly ingrained in my blood. I would equate myself to an advise wise Ceaser once give to his subject, Brutus, when he said,`Our fault dear Brutus, lies not in the stars, but in us because we are underlings.' That's an advise we can expect from a leader, not from an individual. I'm an individual. An optimist.
Optimism, however, does not mean subjecting myself to uneducated views of people who happens to resort to selfish reasons and undertakings to my dislike. Why am I saying this? There are certain individuals who have tried to undermine my individuality and independence, from my neighbourhood. It's surprising after so much that I was prepared to offer they still think there isn't anything I can do but to be taken advantage of. Well, Lauryn Hill, on her song Mr Intentional, stated that hers is not materially based love or she's not available if that's so. I can't see any reason not to uphold such a principle. It is a finality that I can not hang out with these girls from my neighbourhood because the emotional burden they give me is highly intolerable. I can't, however, mention their names but my memory is selective enough to understand which people I'm referring to.
Basically, this kind of attitude is paramount in trying to deepen genuine optimism.

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