{"id":1011,"date":"2010-03-17T23:12:19","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T15:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2010\/03\/17\/half-full-indeed\/"},"modified":"2010-03-17T23:12:19","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T15:12:19","slug":"half-full-indeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2010\/03\/17\/half-full-indeed","title":{"rendered":"Half Full indeed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s amazing how being positive and hopeful can make a difference in one&#8217;s disposition and actual <em>reality.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I remember just a week ago when I was wallowing in self-pity, how all the &#8220;hassles&#8221; I&#8217;ve been experiencing suddenly added up and seemed so insurmountable. Now that I&#8217;ve gone back to my &#8220;usual&#8221; disposition, <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_1011_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1011_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_1011_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1011_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_1011_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">1 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1011_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Which consists of two things: one, believing that the world doesn&#8217;t owe us any favors, and the other is to see life as half-full instead of empty<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1011_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1011_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> I couldn&#8217;t believe that not only has a huge weight been lifted from me, but also that my <em>actual problems<\/em> suddenly sorted themselves out!<\/p>\n<p>One example is my concern that I may have kidney stones &#8211; just got the results and I&#8217;m clean! Still hasn&#8217;t explained the high Erythrocyte count on my urine, but again, I&#8217;m happy to know that my worries there have been blown out of proportion.<!--more--><!-- \/\/ --><\/p>\n<p>All in all, relatively speaking; from 80% &#8220;issues&#8221; &#8211; I suddenly have like 10% left since I banished the fatalistic attitude that was consuming me. If there&#8217;s a &#8220;psychosomatic&#8221; equivalent of life perspectives in general &#8211; this has got to be one of the best examples of it.<\/p>\n<p>Negativity <strong>in any form<\/strong> is just bad, period&#8230; no exceptions. Wether it be fear, doubt, anger, sadness, worry, resentment, etc. &#8211; all of which are forms of seeing life as half-empty. Dwelling on the bad stuff <strong>doesn&#8217;t<\/strong> improve one&#8217;s situation. Instead, it acts as a poison &#8211; which slowly eats away at our ability to see the actual beauty which is already in front of us &#8211; and the good that may still come.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s so tragic when we let ourselves be consumed by such negativity, since we all live in this world to ultimately achieve one goal: <strong>to be happy.<\/strong> If I truly want to be happy, exactly how does thinking negatively help me achieve that goal? It makes no sense; it seems so brain-dead obvious right? <\/p>\n<p>But alas, just like anyone else, I myself succumb to the &#8220;half-empty&#8221; void from time to time. Which is why I have posts like this to serve as reminders. In this case, it&#8217;s to remind myself that in life, fortune and misfortune will always come hand-in hand; we will never get things exactly the way we want them. But focusing on misfortune (or what&#8217;s missing) doesn&#8217;t get anyone anywhere. 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