Half Empty?

It is always a matter of perspective, isn’t it? Is the glass half empty or is it half full? Unfortunately, the human heart seemingly prefers to accentuate the negative. We often hear that we need to have a positive mind. A positive mindset leads us to look at our situation and say, “We still have a half cup left!” Yet even a positive mindset has a limit, what happens when we reach it?

Positive and negative mindsets seem entirely different, but they are two sides of the same coin. No matter how you look at the cup, half-empty or half-full, it’s the same amount of water. Sure, we can be positive! We usually have supportive people encouraging us to be satisfied and thankful. “Endure”, they say, and we might try, however in the end, it still is just a half-glass of water, and for many, it’s all about the water they can see.

However, there is a rare mindset, and it ignores both the glass AND the water. It is called faith and presents endless possibilities. With faith, the cup can have any size, and the amount of water is limitless. Faith changes our interpretation of what we see and creates new horizons. Some may say, they are not poor, but when the situation overcomes them, their heart sinks into poverty.

Everything looks different through the eyes of faith, and it ushers us into a world where there IS a way even when “the how” eludes us. Many youths struggle because they conclude they are miserable. How we view situations determines how we handle them. So when this thought overwhelms them, and the world appears to show them evidence, their hearts collapse.