two sides of the same glass...

I am always fascinated by people who go through life acquiring everything their heart desires while all the same still seeing their glass as half empty, rather than half full. Nothing ever makes them happy. Not only in regards to the material but more importantly the emotional and spiritual. They may have it all, but all is not enough. All becomes more, and it is still not enough. Their cup runs over, and still it is not enough. They're constantly depressed, like Eeyore in "Winnie the Pooh". 

I certainly don't have all the things that most folks take for granted, even though I have done all the same things everyone else has. I have had losses in my life, both people and love, but so has everyone else. It's called life. And yet for some weird reason which I do not understand, I don't look at my cup as half empty, but rather half full. It's a choice we all make, and it's a choice I have had to make, or I would be filled with anger, resentment and bitterness -- three emotions that will kill anyone's spirit.

Maybe it is the concept of "the glass half empty" that has led to the world's dire economic situation. Everyone wants more, more, more. Fill that glass up; only a full glass will make people happy. Still not happy? Get more things. In part, the world economy is based upon the principle of continuous consumption, a self-defeating, continually perpetuating cycle that is unsustainable. 

I don't know the answer. I'm no economist, and I'm certainly no philosopher. I'm just grateful for the few things I have and for the people in my life who care about me, and that makes my cup more than half full...

"Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force"

~George Bernard Shaw