Two Kinds of People

I am generally a positive person. Or maybe I am one. I am definitely someone who always looks on the brighter side of things, and try to seek out the positivity in everything. Unless being positive is taken out of context of the situation. Many of us think, or feel that the world consists of two kinds of people. Some will say it only consists of men and women, some say money-minded and non-money minded people. And if you watched Swing Girls, there's a quote there where it says that the world is made up of people who swing, and who don't.

To me, the world is made up of two kinds of people: positive and negative people.

In my 22 years of existence, these two groups of people exist in my everyday life. I've known a lot of positive people, who always look on the brighter side of things, who are happy-go-lucky, who are calm when it comes to facing problem. And there are negative people too. Always looking on the negative side of things, or more like looking for the negative things, and definitely people I don't want to spend my life with, or even my time with.

There's a simple way to see whether someone is positive or negative - when they're making assumptions. For me, I always make "positive" assumptions about things I don't know. For example, when I go to a restaurant, and my food takes a long time to come, I'd think that the kitchen is super busy or maybe they lack in manpower, instead of thinking that the waiter who took my order forgot about it. See? Thinking of the positive and thinking of possible scenarios (positive ones) instead of jumping right away to conclusions.

Another example: when I realised I lost something in class, I'd think that I either left it at home, or dropped it somewhere instead of thinking that someone stole it from me. There are a lot of examples. But I think you should get my point. In my opinion, positive people don't jump to conclusions (or worst, negatives ones) but come up with positive assumptions and different possible scenarios of a situation. And I think it's not a difficult thing to do.

Of course there are instances where I jump into negative assumptions. Say I found out that someone stole my things with proofs. I wouldn't go "all nice" to this thought. I will feel disappointed and sad. But then again, what's on my mind would be something like "there must be a reason to why he stole my things, maybe he needs help and I should help him". But of course, I would tell him that you shouldn't steal people's things even if it is a way to help yourselves (and others).

I think the world will be much better place if we all start making positive assumptions first, rather than negatives ones. Because I think it is a win-win situation too, it's not something of a disadvantage to do. Okay lets say we go back to the first scenario. You go into a cafe, place your order, it's been 30 minutes and your good hasn't arrived yet while your friends are tucking in, and you ask the waiter where is your food. Before you ask, in your mind, you think that "oh maybe the kitchen is busy, or maybe there's a problem there". And then the waiter came and apologised "oh sorry I left out your order, I will get the kitchen to cook it right away!"

Okay you'll have to wait longer. But now you know your food is coming, and well... What else is there to be upset about right? Unless the waiter told you "haha I forgot your order so you won't get it".

So yeah, the world is made up of two kinds of people: positive ones, and negatives ones.

What are you?