June 20, 2012
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MY GLASS – HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL?
Some wag once commented that the answer to this age old dilemma depends on whether one is drinking or pouring.
Either way, since energy is endless as a life force one would have to extinguish the life source in order to totally drain the glass.
Albert Schweitzer, speaking of depleted vitality, commented that “In everyone’s life, at some time, it (vitality) is then burst onto flame by an encounter with another human being. We should give thanks to those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”
There’s an old teaching example that uses the image of a filth-filled glass of water. If one were to daily place a drop of pure water into the contaminated liquid, eventually the content would be totally clean and clear. This principle is meant to apply to the eventual triumph of good over evil, love over fear, etc.
Some advise placing a glass of uncovered water on ones’ bedside table. Toxins are claimed to be absorbed into the water during sleep which on arising one empties down the drain. Not a bad way to start a fresh day!
Actually an influx of exhilaration can reverse even long standing doldrums instantly. How would you suddenly feel if yours was the winning lottery ticket!
IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT THIS FIFTY/FIFTY FORMULA HAS ITS FLAWS, DEPENDING ON ONE’S STAGE OF LIFE.
FOR INSTANCE, EVEN SHOULD THE OCCASION MIRACULOUSLY ARISE, MY DAYS OF DANCING ALL NIGHT ARE MEMORIES.
I HAVE MY SHARE OF SENIOR MOMENTS, THOUGH SOME SECRET BACK-UP ALARM SYSTEM KICKS IN AT THE LAST MOMENT, PREVENTING MAJOR MISHAPS.
REGRETFULLY, MOST PUBLISHERS ARE PRINTING MAGAZINES AND BOOKS IN EVER SMALLER FONTS AND PALER INK, MAKING THE EFFORT OF READING NOT WORTH THE CONCENTRATION. I SHALL REFRAIN FROM EVALUATING THE CONTENT OR STYLE OF MOST OF THE WRITING.
SO MUCH FOR THE HALF EMPTY VESSEL!
WHAT ABOUT THE HALF FULL CONTAINER THAT MEASURES THE CAPACITY OF MY HEART AND SOUL?
THE GREAT NEWS IS THAT IT HAS BEEN RISING ALL ALONG AND IS NOW FULL TO OVERFLOWING!
My workshop, “Game Changes’ at the Learning Annex Local did not begin in May as originally planned. The good news is that it will start in September. So I get to kick back for the summer – what a blessing considering our famous NY climate!
Regular blogging is another avenue of expression which has become a bottomless pit of pleasure.
The simple act of putting an outfit together has always been and still is a gratifying exercise in harmony and imagination.
RETURNING TO MY CLASSIC ILLUSTRATION OF HOW, OVER HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES, POLLUTED WATER AND MINDS CAN CLARIFY, CONSIDER THIS REFLECTION:
MANY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES’ MOST POPULAR MIND GAMES REQUIRED THE RELEASE OR LETTING GO OF DESTRUCTIVE HABITS AND CONCEPTS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE MORE PRODUCTIVITY AND PRESUMABLY HAPPIER LIVES.
WHAT IF, AS AN ALTERNATIVE, THE OPPOSITE PRACTICE WAS MORE EFFECTIVE? WHAT IF DROPS OF DIVINITY IN THE FORM OF SPIRITUAL WISDOM WERE LOVINGLY PLACED IN OUR HEARTS? MIGHT NOT OUR THOUGHTS AND DEEDS OF INCLUSION RATHER THAN BANISHMENT GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM JUDGEMENT AND FEAR TO RESPECT FOR ALL CREATION?
COULDN’T WE JUST ALLOW THE LESS THAN DESIRABLE TO SIMPLY WITHER AWAY FROM LACK OF NOURISHMENT?
OUR CUPS OF CREATIVITY WILL THEN OVERFLOW
THEIR BOUNDARIES WITH PEACE AND GRATITUDE!
