Half Full or Half Empty?
Perspective is a wonderful, and a frightening, thing.
We all have one.
Every one in the world is different.
This is pointed out in the old and common analogy of the glass with water in it up to the halfway line. Some look at it and think it is half full (optimist) while others see it as half full (pessimist). Of course the implication is that these would also look at life in a similar fashion, with a similar positive or negative perspective.
I, for one, have tended to be in the pessimist camp. True Confessions time.
However, as I have grown as a person, it has become obvious that I both need and want to change that mindset and view life and circumstance from the positive perspective.
The best way I know to do that, besides really drilling in Scripture and the personal, daily, moment-by-moment listening of the voice of Loving Father, is to listen to others who either have or have learned to keep the positive mindset. I was fortunate in my quest for such to come across some people who do this together in a group called the Focus Society of Overachievers. Unique name for a unique and wonderful group of folk.
They share their Half Full perspective on an internet talk forum and have done so for a couple of years. Enlightening, Uplifting, Encouraging, Butt-Kicking – the whole deal. It is all available online to listen to.
More interstingly, they have taken the recordings and edited them to the “meat” and now made it available to the public in an equally unique format – on an .mp4 player!
The player itself is top of the line with video and camera, etc. and loaded on it is 40 hours of encouraging, positive, encouragement about life and self development and mind-body connection. There is LOTS of room left to do whatever you want with the .mp4 player.
Here is where the perspective difference comes in:
Some will see this as an .mp4 player that happens to have some audio on it.
Some will see this as a not-to-be-missed opportunity to improve themselves with
information that just happens to be loaded onto a very cool tool.
Which perspective will you take?
Let me know; comments below.
Blessings,
Dr Jon
P.S. Here is the link again for the .mp4 player/audios.
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