It Is All Relative
Why all this BS about a glass being half full or half empty. How can we say a person is negative if he says that a glass is half empty? It is all relative to what we are trying to do.
It may sound more positive to say the glass is half full if the ultimate condition was a full glass, but what does it matter? Half the bloody content is gone… or is it that half is still there?
On the other hand, if the ultimate aim was to empty the glass, then, by the same definition, it would be negative to say the glass is half full. Surely half empty must be the positive statement here.
But the fact of the matter is that the glass is half; be that half full or half empty. And no amount of positive or negative thinking is going to alter the continents of the glass. Half of whatever you were trying to do is now done and the other half of the job may prove to be more difficult or perhaps much easier then the first part.
Or do I have it wrong. Does a half full glass contain more than a half empty glass?
And then, on a more positive note, even an empty glass if full of air. Let’s hope it is not just hot air.
And to all my friends (and everybody else)
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I only understand happy Valentine day dad...
this is why i always have two glasses,
One is half full,
while the other is,
half empty,
that way i have the best of both worlds.
Should try it, it really does confuse some people and put the wind up others.
It is just about a load of junk they teach you on these Dale Carnegie courses about positive thinking. Don't worry about it.
And all the same to you.
Eish, now half my toffee apple sits on your cheek.
Better to have both perspectives...just not the hot air...leave that to Virgo!!
Time to hit the sack out there?
So your Valentine's day is shot now.
Ah well, next year some better luck.
The problem with two half glasses is that you get half cut in half the time.
yes i do, and i will be giving it you this weekend.
Stay tuned.
Sorry Cat.
I think that could be a very explosive situation.
There should be a better law on the storage of flammable gases.
Enjoy your day, my friend.
Don't strike a match under the blankets else Kiwi Land may have their own astronaut in space. Maybe if you hold tight to the deck railing you could have a space ship up there too.
~DAN~
A Valentine party? Without me!
One of these days I will get my Learjet kick-started.
That is the secret of positive thinking. Never leave the glass half for too long. Finish it and get a refill.
I would like to see a Kiwi is space...the marmite or vegemite can keep him company...haha...kidding!!
Is your satellite sorted out now? We can ask Virgo to sort it out while he is there.
So is your bottle then half full or half empty. It does save a lot of walking drinking out the bottle
Pity my mother took me off the bottle so early.
At the present my love life consists of thinking and talking about it.
I just had contact with the Kiwi space ship. Virgo is about to fire a booster rocket engine to get into position to fix Zman's TV satellite.
Stand aside, I want to strike a match.
Considering the limited channels that Virgo would have... Z-man might rethink that position...or has it improved there?
So the glass is full now! Or empty? And how is the juice container now; half full or half empty.
Just stay positive; for we develop negatives in a dark room.
Naw, I prefer to start with a full glass. Not greedy; I just like a lot.
Zman may have to consider upgrading some time but at least I hear the English Channel is not going to go away for some time. What more do you need. I wonder if the Americans have a channel of their own.
Were talking Vegemite here; Black Cat is peanut butter.
No definitely not a black hole. I believe the politically correct term is a 'Brownie'.
Half full, half empty, what the heck
I rather like Simmo's approach
Happy Valentines
The sandglass is always half full and half empty.
Happy our Lantern Festival today.
I'd say that is pretty normal for most of us here on CS.
But then I have never paid much attention to these commercialized days. It was only invented to keep the card printers in business.