Training Myself To See The Full Half Of The Glass

in Reflections16 days ago

I’ve read a lot about this idea before and used to think it was just a simple saying. But when I sat with myself and really thought about it, I realized it’s actually the secret to happiness and it comes from within, not from things far away. It all depends on how you see things whether you focus on the positives or the negatives and that’s what decides if your day will be happy or not and this is all inside you.

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No one in this life has complete happiness or full positivity. Life is a mix of both good and bad things. So I asked myself: what’s the difference between a happy person and a sad one? The answer is simple a sad person only sees the negatives around them. They only focus on the empty half of the glass. But the positive ones who look at the full half are the ones who feel happiness and they choose to look for the light in the darkness, the flower among the thorns.

And it’s true happiness is inside you, just like sadness. What you choose to focus on will shape your day. If you see the good things and smile, and try to fix the bad things without letting them break you and that’s the mindset of simple people who don’t overcomplicate life or let every negative thought control them and you need to be just simple like them and focus on what would make you feel happy and satisfied.

I’ve come to accept that no human being can ever be perfect or reach 100%. It’s impossible and I think aiming for that is not wrong but believing you must reach it is what can make your days miserable. There’s a difference between striving and arriving. You’re expected to keep trying and doing your best but you’re not required to succeed in everything.

So try to change your mindset: say to yourself, “Today I tried, I did what I could” and let that be your reason to feel good and positive as for the results, leave them for tomorrow or the day after they’ll come. I’ve seen it in my own life sometimes I got better results than the effort I gave, and I remembered that I had failed many times before. Maybe this was life’s way of paying me back. In the end, no effort ever truly goes to waste.

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