GLASS HALF FULL

Glass half full means there is nothing more. It means a state of lack. Decline. Loss. Failure.

This is for many our underlying state of being. Some say it is takes root in the earliest years. It’s lodged in the subconscious: A voice inside that bombards us with messages of loss, humiliation, accusation, and regret.

It also shows up in body language: Complaints. Talk that circles round to frequent narratives of loss, recrimination, and resentment.

There are basic states nothing can change. Habitual responses. Physical and mental matters.

But these “unchangeables” are completely subject to our present choice. We can deal with them.

If we’re born deaf or blind or with some other conspicuous disability, we may be unable to alter the condition but we can make a huge difference by freely choosing how to deal with it.

Are basic conditions chosen before we arrive on earth? Yes, they may well be chosen. Those who believe we are soul-related spirits, here to achieve certain goals, say our souls choose the basics. Particular challenges are chosen precisely to overcome them and thus move toward realization and enlightenment.

One who cannot accept this wider understanding will more inclined to react negatively, assuming certain states of being are unfair.

Resentment rises.

I am disadvantaged.

Behind the 8 ball.

Condemned to suffer.

Life is not in the hands of a Creator who cares for us. It is not a test whose result is inevitably positive. There is no eternal life. This is not a try-again world.

There’s no reincarnation.

We all have just one life. We are here and we die. That’s it.

The glass is definitely half empty. Things are going down day by day.

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However we draw the contrast, the reality is the same. Huge numbers see the glass half empty. Huge numbers see it half full. Huge numbers vacillate.