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I go back and forth depending on moods.
I try to consistently be half full for friends but sometimes, for me, I can be half empty.
Now, when I lived right on the beach in the area it says you live in? I was always half full. Seeing the ocean daily helps the Spirit a lot.
I go back and forth over my long life and I come up with more positives than negatives. And yes I live for the last 50 yrs near the ocean and that is good and I get good negative ions, but regardless it's what I've done and how I've come out of tough situations etc. Tough situations are lessons and we hopefully are learning. I don't find the smart quirky comments amusing...but so many don't have much to offer otherwise.
I absolutely am a glass half empty person and I always have been and I don't see that it is a bad thing at all.
When I look at something, say going somewhere, I always think of and prepare for anything the could go wrong.
Same with my kids I always pointed out any down sides to things they want to or were doing.
That's life -- ups and downs, but if one can come up with MORE ups, then they are doing good and the glass of life is half full.
I try to keep some perspective. Four years ago, I bought a new car, then was fired out of the blue for no reason from a low paying contract job, then my best friend killed himself a few weeks later. I had no insurance for virtually all of 2013 and barely made more than $12/hr at my best that year. I was nearly suicidal myself by that year's end. While things may not be great for the very near future, I'm nowhere near the bottom of the pit I was in four years ago.
I absolutely am a glass half empty person and I always have been and I don't see that it is a bad thing at all.
When I look at something, say going somewhere, I always think of and prepare for anything the could go wrong.
Same with my kids I always pointed out any down sides to things they want to or were doing.
I don't think I've ever been like that...I've worried probably every time I got on an airplane..but that is a big worry for many.
Even my daughter who is now 53, doesn't want to hear the negatives...we've been out and looking for a parking space and I would say, we're not going to find one, and she always thinks the opposite and there it is the parking space right in front of the place.
I try to keep some perspective. Four years ago, I bought a new car, then was fired out of the blue for no reason from a low paying contract job, then my best friend killed himself a few weeks later. I had no insurance for virtually all of 2013 and barely made more than $12/hr at my best that year. I was nearly suicidal myself by that year's end. While things may not be great for the very near future, I'm nowhere near the bottom of the pit I was in four years ago.
Yeah, it can be tough out there at times in our lives. After I retired at 62, forced by company, I drove only used cars, come to think of it I bought used cars for many years...hardly ever had a new car. Had a sweet 68 mustang new and then a company car along the way and bought good used cars as salary didn't climb over my later years of life. Cars don't impress me, as long as it takes me from where I had to go. Just sold my 1995 Corolla as my knee is in not great condition and can get to where I need to do somehow. Order food for delivery and friends shop for me.
I'm practical in many areas but buy good foods.
One of Will Rogers sayings is: If It's Not One Damn Thing, It's Another.
I'm a glass-half-empty person. I always imagine what can go wrong, so I'd rather do more to prevent problems than to deal with problems.
My parents are the same way and they're more paranoid than I am. My dad told me never to stack a canned food on top of another one because if the top one falls, it'll crack the kitchen counter. I'm not even talking about stacking 5, 10, 15 cans on top of each other and they'll topple. It's just 1 can on top of the one already touching the counter.
I also tend to remember all the bad things in my life because the emotions are stronger.
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