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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 9:27:18 GMT -5
I was thinking about a lot of the posts over on YM the other day & that started me thinking. Back in the old days (or we could call them the broke old days) when money was tight every now & then we would have financial setbacks. I'm sure that all of you have gone through those & know what I'm talking about (car died or whatever). Anyway in trying to solve whatever emergency I always did the same thing. I would sit down & think about the best way to fix the problem & what I had to do. I always found a way to address whatever the problem was. It became (I guess) a problem solving exercise & I guess that I got pretty good at it (because here I am ). I think one thing that helped me in those times was that am basically a glass half full kind of guy. I figure that even bad times are generally short lived & it will pass & better times are right around the corner. So how about you? Are you a glass half empty or glass half full type of person?
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Post by Blonde Granny on Jun 23, 2013 9:35:00 GMT -5
I'm a glass is half empty and in addition to that, the glass has some holes in it so it's leaking all over my hardwood floors.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 9:54:03 GMT -5
I'm a glass is half empty and in addition to that, the glass has some holes in it so it's leaking all over my hardwood floors. My cousin put in some of those laminate floors in her house. Then the got a portable dishwasher & was using it & (you see where this is going don't you?) it poured water out when nobody was home. When she came back she moped up the water but of course didn't think about the water under the floor that she couldn't see. The last I heard she was talking about replacing the whole thing because it warped.
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Post by mrsdutt on Jun 23, 2013 10:02:00 GMT -5
TEX: I guess to prevent that kind of water disaster, your cousin could have waited until she was home to run the dishwasher. Hindsight, however, is 100%! My DH was like you are. He would think and think, and you could see a light bulb pop up. My son follows in his foot steps, as do I. There are things I just don't know much about, so I have someone else do it for pay. (Think mechanic.) Both of us are /were half glass full people. Patience is a virtue. But when I'm filled up with too much, I spew. Then I calm down and return to the one thing that's productive - thinking. It's a process with a learning curve.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 10:33:17 GMT -5
I want to know who the f%+<' drank half of my drink!!
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Post by mrsdutt on Jun 23, 2013 10:35:06 GMT -5
I want to know who the f%+<' drank half of my drink!!
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 23, 2013 10:50:57 GMT -5
Guess.
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Post by moneymaven on Jun 23, 2013 12:01:37 GMT -5
I am a half empty thinker, the dissenter. DH is the opposite. Together, we problem solve pretty well.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 12:06:46 GMT -5
The glass is 100% full. You just have to figure out what to do with water and air. Ie. you might not always get what you want, but chances are you have what you need... Etc.
my friends just consider me obnoxious...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 12:12:39 GMT -5
So how about you? Are you a glass half empty or glass half full type of person? oldtex, A glass half full kind of person. Even when I feel little bit blue at times. I try to find a reason to be optimistic. I think it's in your frame of mind. Most of it anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 12:19:20 GMT -5
So how about you? Are you a glass half empty or glass half full type of person? oldtex, A glass half full kind of person. Even when I feel little bit blue at times. I try to find a reason to be optimistic. I think it's in your frame of mind. Most of it anyway. I think that it's human nature to get a little blue now & again. I get that way about once every 5 years & in a couple of days it passes. As a matter of fact I find overly "bubbly" people (I have a SIL like that) kind of like champagne.....someone needs to put a cork in them.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Jun 23, 2013 12:20:43 GMT -5
I really don't give a flyin' F as long as there is something in the glass
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Post by dannylion on Jun 23, 2013 12:30:00 GMT -5
Definitely in the cockeyed optimist category. There's usually a solution. It just takes some thought and imagination to figure out what it is and some effort to make it happen.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 12:37:04 GMT -5
I always try and look at a life disaster and ask myself, "What was I suppose to learn from this?" Once the answer comes to me, I realize I've learned and grown from the experience. My latest lesson happened just a while ago. It was a very minor one, but still there was a lesson in it.
Lone that is EXACTLY the way I look at stuff. The more experience you have with stuff coming out of left field, the better you can deal with the next round of stuff coming out of left field at you IF you learn from it. You learn to think on your feet. Sadly some people can never string things together & realize that some of the problem is you & some of the problem just might be that you aren't able to see clearly how to address a problem.
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Jun 23, 2013 12:41:15 GMT -5
Regarding my life and how I see things it is probably glass 1/2 empty. I'm the one that usually has to do what needs to be done and I'm the worrier. But for others I am able to see things 1/2 full. Probably because I don't have to do the work. I see Tenn's glass as 1/2 full. Of Vodka. <<sips on Tenn>>
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 12:46:24 GMT -5
oldtex, A glass half full kind of person. Even when I feel little bit blue at times. I try to find a reason to be optimistic. I think it's in your frame of mind. Most of it anyway. matter of fact I find overly "bubbly" people (I have a SIL like that) kind of like champagne.....someone needs to put a cork them You mean over the top.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 12:50:26 GMT -5
I always try and look at a life disaster and ask myself, "What was I suppose to learn from this?" Once the answer comes to me, I realize I've learned and grown from the experience.
And it shows... lone
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Jun 23, 2013 13:34:40 GMT -5
I'm definitely "glass half full". DH is "glass half empty". We seem to balance each other out....
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Post by swamp on Jun 23, 2013 13:36:58 GMT -5
Where did my glass go?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 13:39:10 GMT -5
That was a good one.
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Post by Robert not Bobby on Jun 23, 2013 13:49:04 GMT -5
Well tex (and you can't be that old...and age is only a number), I am definately 3/4 full.
I am the kind of guy that doesn't like to throw anything out if I can make it work for another six months.
In terms of having experienced hard times, not really, but I don't take anything for granted. You might say I can be a little bit tight with my money.
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Post by tallguy on Jun 23, 2013 14:51:47 GMT -5
I really hope that I am mis-reading your philosophy. If you instead mean, "What CAN I learn from this?" I have no problem with it. The phrasing you used seems pretty ridiculous to me. It implies some great cosmic plan caused your mishap. Things happen. It's inevitable that SOMETHING will happen. Always. What you make or take from it is up to you. But to suggest that the great cosmic plan CAUSED you to step in a huge nest of sugar ants to teach you NOT to step in a huge nest of sugar ants is bizarre to say the least.
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I really hope that I am mis-reading your philosophy. If you instead mean, "What CAN I learn from this?" I have no problem with it. The phrasing you used seems pretty ridiculous to me. It implies some great cosmic plan caused your mishap. Things happen. It's inevitable that SOMETHING will happen. Always. What you make or take from it is up to you. But to suggest that the great cosmic plan CAUSED you to step in a huge nest of sugar ants to teach you NOT to step in a huge nest of sugar ants is bizarre to say the least.I wouldn't go that far tallguy. But I agree with rest of your statement.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 18:53:53 GMT -5
I really hope that I am mis-reading your philosophy. If you instead mean, "What CAN I learn from this?" I have no problem with it. The phrasing you used seems pretty ridiculous to me. It implies some great cosmic plan caused your mishap. Things happen. It's inevitable that SOMETHING will happen. Always. What you make or take from it is up to you. But to suggest that the great cosmic plan CAUSED you to step in a huge nest of sugar ants to teach you NOT to step in a huge nest of sugar ants is bizarre to say the least. Interesting what we read into others statements. I would have thought: This happened & I need to figure out how to "beat" it. Once I've done that....now what is important to learn here (if I thought about it at that level). Mostly is just goes into general knowledge back in the back of my mind & when the next "event" happens I see if it applies.
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Post by tallguy on Jun 23, 2013 19:43:42 GMT -5
I really hope that I am mis-reading your philosophy. If you instead mean, "What CAN I learn from this?" I have no problem with it. The phrasing you used seems pretty ridiculous to me. It implies some great cosmic plan caused your mishap. Things happen. It's inevitable that SOMETHING will happen. Always. What you make or take from it is up to you. But to suggest that the great cosmic plan CAUSED you to step in a huge nest of sugar ants to teach you NOT to step in a huge nest of sugar ants is bizarre to say the least. Interesting what we read into others statements. I would have thought: This happened & I need to figure out how to "beat" it. Once I've done that....now what is important to learn here (if I thought about it at that level). Mostly is just goes into general knowledge back in the back of my mind & when the next "event" happens I see if it applies. Exactly, tex. It was clear to me in reading your earlier response that your view corresponded more to the, "What CAN I learn from what happened?" rather than the, "Can I figure out WHY this was made to happen to me?" that is implied by the other phrasing. Those are two very different and distinct viewpoints. I have no problem with yours. I still hope I am mis-reading the other.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 20:40:58 GMT -5
Interesting what we read into others statements. I would have thought: This happened & I need to figure out how to "beat" it. Once I've done that....now what is important to learn here (if I thought about it at that level). Mostly is just goes into general knowledge back in the back of my mind & when the next "event" happens I see if it applies. Exactly, tex. It was clear to me in reading your earlier response that your view corresponded more to the, "What CAN I learn from what happened?" rather than the, "Can I figure out WHY this was made to happen to me?" that is implied by the other phrasing. Those are two very different and distinct viewpoints. I have no problem with yours. I still hope I am mis-reading the other. Tallguy I kind of took it as if what action I took to get where I'm ate but that's just the way I took it. (As in what were my actions that resulted in this happening to me).
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 21:16:46 GMT -5
Glass half-full? Glass half-empty? It is my observation that most people will drink directly out of the bottle, with the fridge door wide open. Go fig.
(Especially if they think no one can see them, y'know?)
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Post by tallguy on Jun 23, 2013 21:22:31 GMT -5
I can easily see that interpretation in the sense of analyzing consequences of previous actions or decisions to see how they ended up the way they did, and then adding that knowledge to your previous base to better handle later situations. As I said, I have absolutely no problem with that. One would hope that everyone would do that. My problem is the use of the phrase, "What was I supposed to learn...?" That implies something completely different. That it was done to you for a reason. You may overlook the awkward phrasing because you are clear in your mind what you mean, and you can read it in such a way that, "It's close enough." For me, the phrasing jumps out. (In case it's not clear yet, I agree with you. I just don't agree with who you agreed with....)
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Post by MarleyKeezy78 on Jun 23, 2013 21:35:38 GMT -5
Oh, oh, oh!!! I'm a pain in the ass! Uhhhh, oh, that's not what you meant It really depends on the situation, I can go either way on glass half empy or half full.
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Post by tallguy on Jun 23, 2013 21:51:28 GMT -5
I really hope that I am mis-reading your philosophy. If you instead mean, "What CAN I learn from this?" I have no problem with it. The phrasing you used seems pretty ridiculous to me. It implies some great cosmic plan caused your mishap. Things happen. It's inevitable that SOMETHING will happen. Always. What you make or take from it is up to you. But to suggest that the great cosmic plan CAUSED you to step in a huge nest of sugar ants to teach you NOT to step in a huge nest of sugar ants is bizarre to say the least. No, you weren't misreading my philosophy. My belief is that things don't just happen and if my beliefs seem "ridiculous" to you, that's your problem, not mine. The lesson I learned from the nest of ants was not to jump into things too quickly and to be more prepared. Apparently you added to your post. I was all set to ask why, out of maybe a thousand people on this board, the other 999 of us were apparently deemed not worthy of receiving the lesson not to step in a nest of ants. Either way, it sounds like you are about 99% trying to stretch a situation to fit a "belief" system. And trust me, it's not my problem.
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