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| Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? |
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I used to think that the glass was half empty. As I grow older, and with each passing year, I look at the glass as being more full than the year before. With a birthday coming up this week, I add another number to the age column. I am not thrilled with it, but it is something we all have to deal with.
When I was younger, I always thought that I could have more, that I needed more, the glass was always getting more and more empty as I went on, and I always felt the need to fill it with more “stuff”.
Now that I have lived 45 years, I have gained some wisdom…(and before you say anything, I realize I am a long ways off from being what some would classify as “wise”). But what I have learned is that no matter how much “stuff” I have, there will always be something else that I want or “need”. I will never be completely satisfied, and in some instances that is a good thing. In others it is a waste of time.
Possessions will never make me completely happy, because something is always going to go wrong with them, or there is always something else that comes along that I have "just gotta have". I can be satisfied in my spiritual life, but it doesn’t come without work. I have strayed away from God before, and I know how easy it is. I guess with that experience comes the wisdom that I know I need to work to stay close to God. I can’t let the things of this world interfere with my relationship with Him.
Being 45, I could conceivably be at the half way point of my life. (My dad lived to the age of 87, so it is possible that I could live to 90). The last 45 years, could be the glass half empty, or the next 45 could be the glass half full. The way I choose to look at it is that the glass is half full. I still have some life left to live, and I want to live it for the Lord. The fullness of Christ is in me, so perhaps the glass is full to overflowing. And hopefully it will spill out to others along the way. Even if I die tomorrow, I still feel full with the Holy Spirit filling me up.
How about you? Are you a glass half empty, or a glass half full? |
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| At my age, I see the glass half-empty and the bladder half-full! |
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| Yea, looks half empty to me too. |
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| Deb, I enjoyed your post. You are right - we choose our attitudes. I am reminded of Viktor Frankyl's statement regarding our attitude. He said, ""Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: To choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's way. |
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August 20, 2007 at 12:45pm |
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| Deb, I'm in a place right now where I'm learning (The hard way, unfortunately) that happiness is a choice. It wasn't long ago that I learned that forgiveness was a choice, and that was a hard lesson as well... But happiness?!! God is working in me...it's not easy, but I'm thankful... And I'm thankful for Christian friends like YOU to help me see that so many people have terrible things happen in their lives, yet they are still able to get to a place of happiness! Thank you! |
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Deb |
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August 20, 2007 at 12:59pm |
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Rich, I guess there is that, when we grow older...plus more trips to the bathroom!
Shannon, wasn't so long ago that I felt that way too.
Pastor Tim, I guess I learned from my dad what kind of attitude NOT to have. He was very negative, and as a result, very unhappy. I try to be positive, but it is not easy in a negative world. But still, we can choose...
Val, God always makes good come out of bad situations, even though sometimes it takes a long time for it to happen. You will get through this, and you will be stronger for it, and perhaps you can help someone else along the way. You may not see it that way right now, but it will happen! |
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Deb, this might sound a little strange to you, but I look at the glass as just perfect. Any more and I would have too much and be wasteful. Any less and I would always be needing more. That is the way I look at it...
...good post...really had me thinking all the way through it. |
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Deb |
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August 21, 2007 at 12:05pm |
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| DC, It is a little strange, but then, it also makes sense. That's scary! |
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