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An English proverb has it that “it’s no use crying over the spilt milk”. This picture precisely captures one of such situations—a bottle of milk has been accidentally dropped onto the ground. The reactions of the two individuals in the pictures are totally different. One exclaims “Oh, God, it’s all finished!” whereas the other one is more positive and calm, claiming that “there is still some left.”

There are rich implications underlying this scene. For the same event, two different individuals make two totally different observations and comments. For the pessimistic mind, they tend to give up. Finally, they would blame the failure on others.

By contrast, people with an optimistic state of mind would turn the negative into the positive, through efforts. With strong willpower, they would persist to the end, convinced that as long as they keep trying, their hard efforts would pay off. Those are the people who can often succeed where others fail. Obviously, they are the people whom we should try to emulate.