There is always a confusion in life about far and near things.
Near objectives can be closely observed. We can easily identify good and bad characteristics in it but we try to figure out the negative aspects rather than the positive aspects. Especially I who never consider the positive one and always try to figure out all the possible negative scenarios. Planning to defend these situations becomes a habit. More than 98% plans remains unexecuted because these situations rarely happens. There is still some Occasions in which I execute my plans.
Similarly we assume about the far things which can not be observed closely. Many data are just assumptions. But our mind always find the possible positive things in it. Our mind always set up positive for the things which are far away from us. We think rarely about the negative sides of far things.
Thinking about negative sides or thinking about positive sides don't matter. In fact, one should think about both sides in order to taking steps to make a better situation. But only taking positive sides from one and only taking negative sides from another make a wrong assumption for sure.