Half Empty…Half Full

I was pondering something earlier today and I couldn’t help but not write about it when I finally got the chance.

The only thing that really made me start to consider this was when I was sitting at the breakfast table this morning staring at my glass of milk. After a while I remembered the metaphor referring to life as a half empty or half full glass.

I began to ponder this thought, thinking to myself that things are a lot like that metaphor because life can be full at times, but then the empty feeling can also apply. I continued to think about this as the day went on and I came to realize that this figure of speech is more actuate then I first came to understand.

If the glass is half empty, life is understood to be uneventful and boring, but yet if thought about deeper it is also thought to represent the feeling of being left behind; forgotten or pushed aside to make room for another memory or contemplation. If you think about the glass being half empty when you see it, it’s not always bad news though, don’t worry…most people think that. The human species is like that, we are naturally greedy; we want more out of life. Everyone does, everyone has dreams and hopes for the future, even if its only a selfless need for fulfillment in their glassware.

But then again if you think of things half full, life is thought to be upbeat and opportunistic. But yet again if thought about a little deeper it is a realization that things can be better and times can change. But after I thought about this side for a while I came to realize there was a flaw in even my own mind. Even though the glass is already thought to be half full there is still room for improvment. Eveyone tries to be the best and on top, so even though things seem to be okay, the people that take life this way are the ones that are struggling the most with life; that are trying the hardest to get their head above water (pun). Obviously no matter how you think about a situation there are always loop holes and times when everything could be turned upside down to reavile the very opposite of the answer you just upturned.

All I’m saying is that even though you may think differently than someone else with the same aspiration it doesn’t mean they are wrong or that you may be. It’s just that different people have different problems, and everyone is going to take it a different way. Even if you believe yourself to understand what the other person is going through, nothing is going to have the exact same feeling. So if your glass is half empty or half full, life will continue to go on and things will work themselves out.

                                          Is your glass half empty or half full…….?