Half Full Or Half Empty

Happy hump day! And yay for all of you that get a long weekend for the holiday!

Well I don't have a lot to say today. Yeah, yeah, "stop the presses!". But what I do want to say is a lot of jumbled thoughts bouncing around the vast emptiness which is my brain cavity. So I am just going to lay it down and we'll see who can pick it up.

I have said before that life sucks. And I think it does. But I think that statement may come across more negative than I intend.

We have all heard the whole "the glass is half empty" bit. I don't see the glass as half empty or half full. I see it as all full, half air and half water. I don't consider myself an optimist or a pessimist, just a realist. So when I say something I don't mean it to be negative, just literal.

Back to life sucks. Life is hard. "By the sweat of your brow shall you eat bread...". Not many of us have a perfect life without a single concern, stress, worry, problem, or other pain in the ass. People we love die, people we care about suffer, we feel pain, we hunger, we cry. Hence, "life sucks". NOW that is not to say we can't and shouldn't be happy! Life as a whole sucks, but our individual lives are ours to control and shape. My life is great. I have a great family, great friends, a place to live, food on the table ( no fat jokes!) and I live in a great country.

I am not trying to say my life is perfect, far from it. I could list all my problems, but that would defeat my point. We all have our own issues, and to us they are the biggest problems in the world. But we can either bitch and moan, see the glass as half empty, throw a major pity party, and be miserable. Or we can sack-up, control the things we can control and let go those things that are beyond our control, count our blessings, and just make the best of what we have.

Being a realist I do not expect anyone out there to change who you are. If you are a negative person you are not likely to change. Especially if you don't want to change. But I just wanted to clarify my position, because I frankly don't care to listen to negative people. But on the other side I really can't stand to listen to the "my glass, which is made of crystal, is half full of sparkling clear spring water flown in from the mountains of Tibet" kind of people.... I guess I just don't like listening to people in general.... I just don't like people, except you guys of course. =)

So go forth and bitch no more.

Cya in 7