IS THE WINE GLASS HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL?
Suppose you have a glass
half filled with wine. Would you say the glass is half
full or half empty? It is a matter of ones observation,
or point of view. One may change ones observation, but
one cannot really change the amount of wine in the glass
just by observing it. Ones sensory receptions, in this
example, are fixed. The overall information one is
perceiving with ones eyes is the same regardless of which
point of view one takes. i.e. from both perspectives the
amount of wine is the same. The only difference between
each view of the glass is in ones observation.
Many people believe that they are in charge of creating
their own reality. The truth is that they are in charge
of their observations of reality and of seizing
opportunities observed, which may change their reality,
but they are not really creating reality. They are just
tuning into the source of change and facilitating the
process. They are in charge of changing themselves and
their place in reality.
To illustrate my point, suppose one wanted a full glass
of wine. It is better to be optimistic than pessimistic.
If one would like a full glass of wine, then observing
ones glass as already "half filled" would bring
a realization of what one already has and would allow one
to facilitate opportunities to fill the rest of the
glass. One is looking at the glass and finding joy in
that it is half filled already. If one observes the glass
to be "half empty", then one probably doesn't
realize what one already has, and ones fear of loss,
(realizing what one doesn't have rather than what one
does have), facilitates the losing of what one already
has. In a way, one is looking at ones glass and finding
sadness in that half is gone already. Doing this is like
subconsciously closing the valve of opportunities to fill
the rest of the glass. Perhaps, the best way to observe
the glass is to see it as completely full, half with wine
and half with air, but always filled regardless of the
amount of wine in the glass. To be overly concerned with
keeping ones glass full, or overly fearful that ones
glass may become dry, never to be filled again, is to
never enjoy the wine in ones glass at all.
