I was having lunch with some friends that I hold dear today. I love these people so much more than they realize. One of the things I love about them is we can talk about anything, literally nothing is off limits. Today we got on a subject that we all feel very strongly about and have a wide variety of views.
In this conversation I began to notice the difference between the optimist, the pessimist, and the realist. I have always wanted to be an optimist. I want to believe that everyone is inherently good, and if they ever hurt you it was because they didn’t realize they were doing it, or didn’t mean to. To feel that way though leaves you making excuses for actions you don’t necessarily agree with.
I lean more pessimistic sometimes, way more than I want to admit, maybe even more than I realize. While it doesn’t force me to make excuses for people it often leaves me disheartened by people’s actions and their seeming unwillingness to care about others. It often allows me to find fault in others, as well as myself in a split second and dwell on it much longer than I should.
I honestly try to be more of a realist, which is in my opinion where life makes the most sense. You are able to take things at face value. You don’t assign intentions to someone’s actions and you don’t make excuses for them either. You understand that as humans we are inherently flawed, and allowed to navigate our way through life with full use of the free will God endowed us with, when he created us. The realist doesn’t see the glass as half full or half empty.
As we are moving through life, dealing with the ups and downs, having our feelings hurt or possibly hurting the feelings of others we love, let us not see this glass as half full, or half empty. Let us see this glass as having room left for Laughter, for Hope, for Faith, for Friendship, for Caring, and most importantly for LOVE.
Let’s fill that glass!!
I love you!
bradglenn79 