The glass half full or half empty? You choose

“You should see the glass half full!” either “You always see the glass half empty!” Yes, in this article we are going to dive into the depths of the popular expression. In this way, if we sneak behind the scenes of the phrase, we will gain motivation and a way to change our point of view. Wouldn’t it be okay?

In this sense, Positive Psychology wants to study and explain how optimal human functioning seeks to promote well-being and health in adverse contexts.. What’s more, when talking about Positive Psychology, variables such as health, well-being and the prevention of mental and physical illness are included. This branch emerged at the end of the 20th century at the hands of Martin Seligman, former director of the American Association of Psychologists, along with other professionals.

Change your point of view! Bet on the glass half full

Are you are the one who has the most power over you, you are the one who has control over your behaviors, and also and above all, about your thoughts. This being a reality that we can recognize, sometimes the simplest thing is to let ourselves be carried away by the first thought that comes to mind and goes just in the opposite direction.

These types of thoughts, negative due to the effect they produce, may be due to tiredness from the workday, problems at home and/or personal concerns… However, The negative thought would still be an anecdotal mental event if it were We would ignore it, instead of letting it guide us to the precipice. A place similar to the elephant cemetery, where those like him reproduce.

What if instead of looking at the negative, we look at the positive? What if instead of seeing the glass half empty, we started to see the glass half full? Getting to the other side is much easier than people think.

Once you generate the first positive thought and accept it as a guide, it will inevitably lead you to another area., completely different from the one in the elephant cemetery that we talked about before, in which you will find more thoughts of the same nature. And these thoughts will feed each other, ensuring their survival by their own inertia.

The red light

For example, close your eyes and imagine this situation… every time you are driving home the same traffic light is red.. You always get red, it’s not as if someone had decided that way to annoy you! (Which implies that you are going to arrive home later, you are tired from the work day, and you are still alone in the car…).

One day you return home accompanied by a friend. As you approach the traffic light you begin to verbalize, “It’s a red light again, I don’t know how I do it but I always take it the same way!” At the moment, Your friend smiles and tells you: “I love that this traffic light is red!

You only focus on what’s in front of you, the red light. However, If you turned your head a little you would see a sea and a beautiful sunset.

The same traffic light for one person can be a source of stress, exhaustion, complaints… for another it is an opportunity to stop on the road. and enjoy a few seconds to see the sea or the landscape, even the company or the radio program that plays in the background.

There is the person who sees the glass half full. Simply seeing a little beyond what is in front of us, simply enjoying where we are and how we are, instead of anticipating how the present can negatively condition the future.

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