Balance

Change doesn’t always happen overnight. Change is something that can take a long time, and sometimes we don’t even see the effect of the things we change. Change can also be instantaneous. It really is dependent on all the factors that are at play. Every day we touch and are touched by things, someone, something and without even knowing it (or maybe we do know it) that small touch has changed things forever. And it is sometimes for better, sometimes for worse. Life is all about balance. But whether it is for better or worse, it has changed. And change doesn’t always have to be on a grand scale. The only way to get anywhere is one step at a time, and sometimes you have to take someone else’s path. But better to take the journey than never go at all, right? Life is about constant actions that are playing off each other affecting each other. Whether we like it or not, we live in a world where everything and everyone are all connected and all affect each other on some level. Now, the glass is half full because of balance. We are born with nothing in our glass at all. And as we learn and grow our glass does start to fill. From others, from our surroundings. And in the innocence and wide eyed wonderment of youth, our glass can start to fill pretty quick. So we get to a good level.  But as we grow, and learn and become aware of life, new people, new surroundings, in the same way, our glass also gets emptied. It is change and balance that is affecting the contents of our glass. We are surrounded by life and all of the things that happen to us keep our glass at the level it should be- half full. Life keeps us grounded, but also keeps us hopeful. Balanced. If we start to feel that our glass is filling up, then life will usually throw something at us, to knock our level back down, empty some of our glass, back down to half full. And if you look and see, life will notice if you start to think your glass is empty as well. Just when you think your glass is half empty, or even empty, all you need to do is open your eyes and yourself to it and you will get a down pour to fill up your glass. But if you really look and see you will know that your glass has always been at the same constant level- half full. Because it is about perspective, and it is our perspectives that change, we get too selfish, we wallow in too much pity, we become gluttons, we feed on greed, we lose sight of being selfless and fearless and living for living. Half full doesn’t mean optimistic positivity. It means balance.

*So I slept on it. And have some added commentary to my own post. :-)*



So I am wrong, but not completely. Portions of my ideas were wrong. The glass isn't half full, well it is... it is both, both half full and half empty. Right? It has to be. If you can take more out of it, it is partially full. But you can add more to it, so it also is partially empty. So it is both half empty and half full at the same time. It is balance. Balance is everywhere, in everything, I just never took the time to look at things from the perspective of balance.