Whats Your World View?

[Totus Tuus]

I worry, which is why I idolize Bob Marley. He helps me through.

[BG45]

I used to always think half empty, and at times I still do with all my anxiety and stress issues. However, in the last year or so, I've started to see things more positively.

[Maria]

I don't like to think in terms of the glass when I'm discussing perspectives on life (or however you want to say it). In terms of practical considerations, whether it's half full or half empty depends on what you're trying to do with it. As far as perspectives on life go, I just try to trust God, to trust that, whatever's going on, if it's entrusted to God, He can bring good out of it.

[CatherineM]

I have a backpacking stove that can run on pinecones or animal dung.

[Luigi]

The natural me: Shrift happens. Life's a beach and then you die. The sixteen tons WILL fall on me, it's just a question of when. And it's all my fault. Child of an alcoholic - what can I tell ya'?

The religious me: What BigJon said.

[4588686]

Pretty happy. Don't know what the future holds but whatever it is I'll manage.

[Azriel]

[quote name='Luigi' timestamp='1309408693' post='2260660']
The natural me: Shrift happens. Life's a beach and then you die. The sixteen tons WILL fall on me, it's just a question of when. And it's all my fault. Child of an alcoholic - what can I tell ya'?

The religious me: What BigJon said.
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I think you stold my brain.

[Cherie]

[quote name='TeresaBenedicta' timestamp='1309376226' post='2260373']
I usually figure that it depends whether or not something was poured into it half way, or poured out of it halfway.
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Exactly! I have always said this! The "half empty, half full" thing isn't accurate, because it [i]depends:[/i] If you fill the glass to the halfway point with a liquid, it's "half full," but if you drink half the liquid from a full glass, it's "half empty." If you see a glass sitting there that has half the liquid in it, you assume someone has been drinking from it, so it would be "half empty." lol ... I've had many a discussion on this!!!

Anyway, I would say cautiously optimistic, as well. Our Lord has Risen from the dead - He won the war! We just have little battles we need to fight on earth, and yes, they can be [i]really really [/i]tough battles, but we know the outcome already, and Christ has won! Plus, even when we can't understand how or why, God brings good out of evil, and He allows bad things to happen for a reason. I always try to remember Romans 8:28 in that regard. It's so important to remember that we are supposed to go out and be witnesses to the world, to put our light on a lampstand. They crucified Christ, and they will try to do the same to us (and may succeed!), but "Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness!" So many think we've lost and the world is terrible and there's nothing we can do to save it. That may be true, but we're not supposed to save the WORLD in and of itself, because the world will pass away -- we're supposed to (by God's grace) go out to bring SOULS to Christ, to love them as He loves them and to "go out and teach all nations" of His love and mercy, no matter what the situation is like in the world ... Ok, maybe that's full-blown optimistic ... Never realized I was that sanguine!

[Azriel]

So glad I came back again ... and again. I'm like the prodigal Enegizer Bunny.

[cmotherofpirl]

If its water the glass is half full, ifs its Bailey's its half empty and I start contemplating a refill. That said...

Generally I try to be a optimist but if something goes wrong I do tend to fret and agonize over it. Some things in life simply devastate you and there is no getting around the pain. The difference between now and when I was younger is that I KNOW eventually the pain does lessen and the trauma easier to live with. I never goes away, but its no longer in your face. Even in pain, life can be good.

My personal world changed when Claudio ( my future SIL) died. I have the gparents aunts uncles and many cousins already gone so death is no stranger, but it lose someone young enough to be my child was a horror. That changed me.. Now I keep in touch with more of my distant family members, and my grown children hug every time we see each other. I tell God thank you every morning and try to see the sunset every night in case I don't get another chance, and love people in my life like there is no tomorrow, cause one day there won't be.

[Azriel]

[quote name='cmotherofpirl' timestamp='1309446959' post='2260805']
If its water the glass is half full, ifs its Bailey's its half empty and I start contemplating a refill. That said...

Generally I try to be a optimist but if something goes wrong I do tend to fret and agonize over it. Some things in life simply devastate you and there is no getting around the pain. The difference between now and when I was younger is that I KNOW eventually the pain does lessen and the trauma easier to live with. I never goes away, but its no longer in your face. Even in pain, life can be good.

My personal world changed when Claudio ( my future SIL) died. I have the gparents aunts uncles and many cousins already gone so death is no stranger, but it lose someone young enough to be my child was a horror. That changed me.. Now I keep in touch with more of my distant family members, and my grown children hug every time we see each other. I tell God thank you every morning and try to see the sunset every night in case I don't get another chance, and love people in my life like there is no tomorrow, cause one day there won't be.
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Much love! You are right. Having someone close to me that was so young pass changed my outlook as well. I think with the passage of time comes, not just age, but wisdom. I just hope I age long enough to acquire some!

[MissScripture]

Growing up I was typically optimistic. In high school, I became pessimistic. In college, I got to the point where there is a good chance I had some depression going on. Last year, I had heart problems and was told I could die, pretty much at any time, just while sitting there, because my heart was so stressed it could just stop. That freaked me out. And it made me think about what was important, and what I was putting off in my life to do other things that were not as important. And then I went back to school after having my heart fixed and promptly forgot everything I had come to realize. As I finished the school year, miserable as could be, I remembered everything I had learned last summer, and things are going better now. The biggest one is, to go to bed every night saying, "Jesus, I trust in you" and not worrying about what happens when I wake up.

[Era Might]

There isn't much to be optimistic about as far as society goes. I am only optimistic in people, not in the world. Society will go on with its stupidities, but a great sinner can still fall off his horse.