Is Your Glass Half-Full or Half-Empty?

Mine is half-full. I can't help it, I live my life in eternal optimism. Seeing the bright side of every situation can be a good thing; however sometimes it does get in the way of reality.

It is my belief that you are born looking at that glass a certain way, and it is almost impossible to change. I, pretty much, throw caution to the wind in decision making. Not that I'm impulsive, I'm not. I just don't analyze things to the umph degree while making those decisions. Half-full people tend to live for today instead of agonizing over what's going to happen tomorrow or the next week or in the coming year. I choose to deal with situations as they are presented; I can't spend precious time weighing down my already full brain with the ever-dismal "what-ifs".

On the other side of the coin, of course, are the half-empty people. These tortured, careful souls tend to worry just a little too much about the things that may or may not happen. Although these concerns could definitely be valid, usually the worrying is way premature. When decision making is at hand, these half-empty people seem to get stuck on the 'what-ifs' or the 'what would we do if that ever happended' train of thought. They are generally conservative in nature, and taking any kind of risk is extremely hard if not impossible for this calculating kind.

I'm not trying to sway you one way or another. In fact, there is good and bad to each kind of 'glass' person, believe me. In my case, I sometimes wish I did worry just a little bit more about tomorrow. I can't speak for the half-empties, but if I could I would imagine that they wished they could be just slightly more impulsive. And you know, it really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things which kind of person you are. Today for some reason, this whole thing just popped into my head. I guess you could say it was a random thought in my frantic head.

Just for fun though - next time you pour yourself a glass of water, look at it and ask yourself if it's half-full or half-empty.