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When I was a child my mother told me a story like this. Are: we used to have two individuals walking in the desert. They are longing to find water. So they have chosen to know the discovery of half a glass of water. This is a sad one of them said: "The really unfortunate! How only half a glass of water!" And another person was happy, saying: "good, there are half a glass of water." Optimistic person this last out of the desert. I think that a person's character, his life would be great to even determine a person's fate. So I want to be an optimistic person.

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There was once two individuals walking in the desert. They are longing to find water. So they have chosen to know the discovery of half a glass of water. This is a sad one of them said: "The really unfortunate! How only half a glass of water!" And another person was happy, saying: "good, there are half a glass of water." Optimistic person this last out of the desert. I think that a person's character, his life would be great to even determine a person's fate. So I want to be an optimistic person.