How do you deal with Pessimism?

One of the nice things about being an Optimist is a pessimist is not going to Change my mind likewise being an Optimist probably won't change a Pessimist's mind I'm not inherently Against pessimism you know one of the Things I think is really funny about Pessimists is they all say I'm not a Pessimist I'm a realist well I'm a Realist too we're both talking about the Unknown future I believe that the Unknown future is more likely to be Bright pessimists believe the unknown Future is more likely to be dark the Thing that I think is great about Pessimists is they offer an alternative Point of view and they often cover off My blind spots I like pessimists when They're in the fight when they're going To be with me shoulder to shoulder Fixing whatever we need to fix working Through whatever we need to work through Where pessimists are not helpful is when They just lob grenades they stand on the Sidelines and point out all the problems But they don't actually get involved in Rolling up their sleeves I'll take a Working pessimist over a sideline Pessimist any day