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Wait until it happens and then respond. Don’t assume that it will be bad or good or immediate or impatient or unkind or blissful and full of joy. What are we talking about? Everything. To react before an action is complete is to throw walls up and release the hounds, or else send yourself skipping with glee when that's not what is called for. So you call it optimism or pessimism. We call it an effort to control a situation – or everything for that matter – when letting go is the only sensible answer.