Whatever you put in your glass is what it will be filled with.
Well, duh! That’s
pretty obvious; however, I’m sure you can guess I’m speaking metaphorically.
What I really mean is, whatever we bring into our lives, whatever we spend time
and money on, whatever receives the best of our attention and efforts will be
what our lives are filled with.
What does this mean?
If the glass is only half full, that means there’s a lot
more that you could be doing to enrich your life and to have it be more
fulfilling. If it’s full but murky with ick, that means it needs to be poured
out and refilled with the good stuff. If the glass is filled with brilliant
ruby red essence but, over time, it turns pink through dilution of non-red
stuff that means it’s time to find what is doing the dilution and get rid of it
(being bored is a prime diluter of the goodness in life).
I’m looking at this issue because, for me, it shows just how
much of our happiness IS within our control. When we look outside ourselves and
see the economy, the weather, our behaving badly friends, family, or neighbors,
when we can’t get beyond our body shapes and sizes or the wrinkles on our
faces, we can easily sink into frustration and not do anything to make
life better.
It's easy
