The Glass is Not Half Full or Half Empty; it’s Just the Wrong Size!

The Basics:
If you see the glass as half full, get a smaller glass and enjoy it

Your goal should be to fill the glass of life everyday. Fill it the way a five-year old fills a glass of milk. Everyday of your life should be so full that it is about to spill over onto everything else.

Did today go as well as it could have? The answer to this question must always be, YES. If not, your perception needs to be changed so your reality can follow.

If your day could have gone better, it would have gone better. Don’t fool yourself. Your day goes exactly as the combination of you and the days events force it to go. You can look at bad event in its worst light or put some unrealistic spin to make it seem like it was good, or you can simply accept it for what it was and learn from it.

Take the time to plan for tomorrow to be better. Are you feeling sick? Then make the glass a bit smaller. Are you feeling incredibly confident? Then make the glass a bit bigger. Your goal should be to fill the glass everyday. Fill it to the top with just a bit spilling over. Fill it the way a five-year old fills a glass of milk. You know what I mean. It should be filled so high that just picking up the glass will spill something. Then lean over and drink a little bit out of it before you pick it up to start tomorrow.

If you do this every single day, you find yourself expecting a full glass at the end of everyday. If you expect a full glass you will usually ensure that you have a full glass. This is because, of course, you are responsible for everything that happens in your life. If you want the glass to be full, then stop looking at it and fill it up!

I find it odd that the happiest people in the world are never the richest or those with the most stuff. They are seldom the people who live in the "best" places". Truly happy people are told to "get real". Sometimes they are mocked because of their attitude. Fill your glass, live your life, be happy.