Half-full, half-empty?

Have you heard the question; Is the glass half-empty, or Half-full? Sounds like some fancy psychological question, doesn’t it? It's Perception, how we see the world, how we feel about our experiences. Our present perceptions are compiled by our past memories or old experiences. So, if those are always changing why can't our new perspectives change? Because we don’t let them! We want to hold on to our old memories and perspectives, even when they are bad, or sad and we've suffered. We are so loyal to our suffering, just because we have experienced a traumatic situation or associated it with a terrible emotion doesn’t mean we have to always refer back to that. In every present moment we have the responsibility to allow space for change or how we react to certain situations. Even now the same situation can arise from yesterday but today you can have a totally different experience and feeling from it. This happens to me all the time, some days I love the sunset, yet other days I am dreading it when I see it. Isn't this so? Is Monday work and Friday work not the same? Yes, but your perception of the start of the week and the end of the week change. For me I do the same work on my Monday's as I do on Friday, as a matter of fact I usually do a lot more work on Friday, but you see it's all in how I view my Mondays or Fridays. It's just perspective.

We can change our perspectives by doing these four things daily. Taking responsibility for your thoughts and emotions of the past and not allowing your mind to cling to them into the present moment is the first step to changing your perspective. For example: The next time you feel the need to yell at your partner for being late because your past partner use to be late for doing immoral things behind your back, just take a breath, see your trigger, remind yourself that this is not your old partner or the old experience. There is no need to become upset or act upon your emotions too quickly, give yourself some space, take some time in meditation to figure out what is causing these emotions, sit with them. If you do some self-reflecting, you will surely find the answer which will help you discover the correct perspective. Even perspective has to allow for space, seeing things too quickly can cause confusion.