Positive, Negative or Somewhere in between?

[Former_Member]

I see the glass of life as half-full. Without my positive attitude I would have a hard time getting through difficult times. My positive outlook gets me through the day and motivates me to "keep on keeping on."

Some of my family members see the glass of life as half-empty . . . and the water is polluted. They say they are being realistic and this attitude helps them deal with the hard facts of life.

How do you see the glass in your life - half-full, half-empty or something different?

How does your attitude help you in your life?

[GraceEarrings]

a thought provoking question

my glass in my life is ~~~ full ~~~~
my oldest one is very happy at The University ,
my youngest one wanted to go there too .....
we have a good home,
live in a nice city with good weather &
no debt at all,
everyone in the extended family seems to be doing ok ,
so life is good :-)

if you are happy, then who cares what those other people think
or say , you know ?!

[Former_Member]

My own attitude does not change, regardless of anyone else's attitude but I am really curious about how attitudes, positive or negative, work in everyone's life.

[hooknsaw]

My glass is always more than half full. I think a positive attitude allows you to move forward in relationships, life and business. I think positive thinking allows for more growth and change. If things don't happen the way I expect them to, then I am capable of adapting and changing.
I have known a lot of really negative people over the years and many of them seem to get stuck in a rut. Most of the negative people I know are quick to blame and unable to change.
Just my humble opinion, but I think creativity works best when we are positive and happy!

Life is short, things happen and you deal with life as it happens, the ups and the downs.

[TheMillineryShop]

My glass is half full in spite of some being dealt some really nasty blows these past few years. But if the glass was half empty, those blows would be incapacitating so for me, half full is the only way to go. But I would bet Mary, that the Etsy community has many more half full attitudes than found elsewhere. I think it comes with the creative territory.

[TheMillineryShop]

Btw, the more my family members, and others, see that toxic half empty glass, the easier it is for me to see that that is just not the way to go.

[GretchenSmithJewelry]

I try to keep it half full, but over the past few years my husband and I have been dealt some rough blows and it's been a challenge to be positive without wondering what is going to hit next. However, between my jewelry and a business venture he is working on, I'm trying to start looking at it more positively because that's what's going to get us somewhere.

[Former_Member]

I know about those "rough blows" having had many in my own life, especially in the past five years. Keeping positive and believing in myself has helped me get through these times.

[ninedragons]

I love that you posted this life question! 99.9% of the time I'm a dedicated glass half full person...but hitting my year anniversary as an Etsy seller in August with a dozen sales to show for it really knocked me for a loop. I took a month off, regrouped, and feel like I can go forward and continue to learn, grow and make a success of this business. I've faced death easier than I faced this self perceived 'failure' oddly. Is the smaller 'crisis' harder because we don't see it coming? Sweet dreams everyone...

[GraceEarrings]

keeping a positive attitude has help me a lot

so that everyday can be a bright sunny day like today

[JillsTreasureChest]

It is very easy for me to fall into the negative trap. I stay positive by thinking of all my blessings, the big ones and the ones that seem small. In my day job as a physical therapist in a skilled nursing facility, I see a lot that helps me remember to be very grateful. And my life is much better when I am grateful!

[Former_Member]

Half-full glass for me, thanks. Someone upthread already mentioned that if they didn't focus on that, whatever blows life deals to you become incapacitating, and I've seen it proven again and again. In its way it makes sense - why bother with trying to get out of a bad situation if everything is going to the dogs anyway?

One of the great things of getting older, at least for me, is I find it increasingly easier to stop caring and shut out worry and fear, two things that have never resulted in anything other than a pointless waste of time, energy and resources. Positivity = productivity, at least for me.

[Former_Member]

I am a glass half empty person...I don't purposely look at things that way but if I sit here and think about it then I would have to honestly say I am glass half empty thinker. I don't walk around all gloom and doom or anything I just tend to keep expectations low and then when things go my way I am pleasantly surprised:-)

Personally I think it is more common to think this way. It takes a lot of mental work to be a glass half full person:-). I wish I had a "GHF" attitude all the time. Add that to the list of things I need to work on! lol.

[Former_Member]

great topic BTW

[Former_Member]

I see it half full. I always try to look at the brighter picture and even when life kicks me in the butt, I try to use those experiences to learn and grow.

[GraceEarrings]

Good Karma &
Positive attitude = Good thoughts & can help you tackle anything I need to do everyday !

I have to share this with everyone :
someone did something V....e.......r......y
nice for me this morning.
for 2 weeks now, I had discovered a bee hive ( the size of a big fist ) growing inside my bird feeder right next to my front door.
The bees are so busy everyday going in & out those small opening for the bird seeds that I really don't know what to do.... I can't pick it up without disturbing the bees. I can't spray it because the hive is *** inside at the top ***.

For 2 weeks , I keep thinking maybe Santa can come early & take it away.....

this morning , I asked my lawn care guy what I should do....
& he put the bird feeder in some garbage bags & took it to a dumpster for me .

~~ end of story ~~

now
isn't that what Positive attitude is all about ?