Is The Glass half Empty or Half Full?

[samf]

This is the meditation Carol posted today:

Possibilities and miracles are one and the same.
--Anonymous

Many of us have seen happiness as a goal we couldn't find. When we were children, we were taught that "life is a hard row to hoe." We carried that over into our adult lives.

Seize the day! We let too many of our days just slide by. None of those hours can be replaced. Why worry over past failures if there is a victory to win? Why keep thinking about our faults when we could be practicing virtues instead?

Seize the day! Hold each moment tight and look at each one with wide-open eyes and mind. They are our lives, special to each of us. The moments pass swiftly into memory. Let those memories be good ones, filled with joys large and small.

Yesterday's unhappiness can't be changed, but today's happiness is my own responsibility.

(From "Easy Does It" - ?by Anonymous)

[samf]

My normal way of thinking is negative, so many times.

This meditation was also in my email, this morning, and I thought, "Well, why not?!"

The habit of looking at the glass as half empty may be able to e changed, if only a little bit at a time, here and there.

There's that Abe Lincoln saying about "most folks are as happy as they make up thier minds to be".

The Al-Anoners have a "Just For Today" that says, "Just for today, I will be happy.", and it uses the Abe Lincoln quote, after it.

My attitude makes a lot of difference in my life.

It is kind of funny, when I think about it. Here I have a Higher Power in my life. My Higher Power is always busy helping me. I am clean and sober today. I have an outrageous number of blessings.

But I'm like that little guy with the cloud over his head in Lil' Abner...woe is me...I better not get excited or happy, or something bad will happen.

So just for today, I will list five things I am grateful over, and will be happy.

What is it they say?

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today, we play for cash.

Samf

[joyroadman]

our cup runneth over
wanna a AA toast Sam(with coffee of course)

here`s to you my friend

[samf]

;D Cheers! ;D
Really appreciated your shring today, joyroadman. Happy today!
Samf

[MIKEYBEEF]

Samf I am a half full kind of guy. That might be because I drank all the time so all I ever worried about was to have a hang over at work. Yes I was very irresponsible,but low and behold,I always think the glass is half full. This way of thinking is so good on the mind. They say when you worry about something bad that might happen,your body creates all the same chemicals,toxins,fatigues,and stresses,as if its really happining. When we dont worry our mind gets in a sort of la de da mood and is able to handle most situations that are thrown at us. As the saying goes "Dont worry be happy" ;D

[samf]

Thanks, Mickey!
I can sure buy that about the toxins, too.
Half full sounds a lot better to me!
Now, to be able to do that. ;D

Samf

[joyroadman]

Sam,I was reading a book named "The Way of the Peacefull Warrior" once and this thread reminds me of it
Old Soc ran a all night service station.
He filled up a car,and said to Dan,happiness is a full tank!

spiritual tank I take it
:-)

[samf]

I love it Joyroadman!

The tank is full, and sometimes I looked at it as not...still have that tendency...going to have to put that up on the wall...makes me think of gratitude!

(Thank you.)

Samf