IF YOU CHOOSE TO SEE ONLY THE POSITIVE YOU MISS HALF OF WHAT'S GOING ON---AND IT'S DANGEROUS!
THE WAY IS TO SEE IT ALL, AS A WHOLE. AND THEN CHOOSE. THIS IS WHAT PRACTICING ZEN DOES.IDEALISM CAN BE DEADLY.
In real life, we only project our better sides to others. we hush up our darker sides. Come on, you and I have darker side too. Because we want to project ourselves as a cut above the rest. You may think that you've hushed up everything but, the time will expose you when it is necessary.