I’ve been thinking about what my wife said yesterday about me being more optimistic than I appear. In spite of the way I am typically responding to things with negativity. I’ve always thought the glass half-full-or-empty way of defining how someone’s world is viewed is small minded and overly simple.
After all what is a glass half full to a man lost in the desert dying of thirst. He will know it’s not enough and the blessing will be torture. How about to a man lost at sea in an ocean of undrinkable temptation? He might find that glass hilarious either way. In both cases if I had a bit of clear plastic I’d build a solar still and probably live. That half full glass of water could be an entire life for a seed, or an entire universe for a developing human being. So the reason I am more optimistic about things I’ve decided is because I believe wholly that there is ALWAYS a different way. The big foundation that this is all built on for this Eagle Scout, is that of course, I am always prepared for the worst. If you are prepared for that anything better is a blessing. I love my wife in many ways and for many reasons. Mostly though it’s because I just do. It just is. You know what? I wasn’t prepared for that, and it makes me smile in the dark.
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