Our Attitude is Our Choice

When you look at a glass that is half full of water, do you see it as half full or half empty? Whether you see it as half full or half empty, isn’t it the same glass of water either way? Doesn’t it have the same amount of water? 

Therefore, if you see the glass as half full and you are thirsty, will you have a drink with what water there is? But if you see it as half empty, will you now miss what may never have been there? And will you enjoy it less, benefit from it less, because you miss having a full glass? 

Your perceptions of your problems can be the same. Everyone has the opportunity to be a half full or half empty kind of person, since we all have problems, and we always will have a problem of one sort or another. Just like breathing, problems are a part of living. 

Thus, we will all have the opportunity to get a drink from the water in the glass that we have been given, or an opportunity to fuss and regret because there is not enough, even though there may have never been any more in the first place. 

Which kind of person would you like to be? Luckily, this is a decision we all get to make. We can choose to see the glass as half full and be grateful there was any water there to begin with, or we can choose to see the glass as half empty and mourn or regret what may have never been there. It’s up to you!