Are You Half-Full or Half-Empty?

 We’re all familiar with the metaphorical story of two people looking at the same glass and one perceiving it as half full while the other sees it as half empty. As much as we’ve heard this, it’s still a valuable exercise to really observe our minds and notice whether we’re engaged in half-full or half-empty thinking. People will refer to themselves as being one type or the other as if it were a permanent characteristic, but we are all capable of shifting into a half-full consciousness if we simply make the effort.

When we look at our lives with half-empty consciousness, we perceive a lack and think that the other half of what we want is missing. We are coming from a position of expectation and entitlement. On the other hand, when we look at our lives as half full, we perceive fullness. It’s as if we recognize that our cup could be completely empty, and so we’re grateful for what we see as a bounty — not something we expect or believe we’re owed, but a gift. In half-full consciousness, we count our blessings. When we look at our lives, we see all the elements that are in place and all the things we do have. This doesn’t necessarily mean we don’t seek more, but we seek from a place of fullness instead of from a place of lack. This fullness draws positive energy into our lives and often attracts more abundance.

If you’d like to begin to make the shift into half-full consciousness, try imagining your life as an empty glass — this is your life without all the people you know, the work you do, your home, or your current state of physical well-being. This is just an empty, open space waiting to be filled. Once you have that feeling of openness in your mind, begin filling it with all the people, things, and places that make up your life. You may be surprised to find your glass overflowing....<<<Read More>>>....