Spurt Archives: March 2004

Sunday, March 7, 2004

60%

I feel a little tipsy, having had wine with lunch (something I rarely do), so I’m not in the working mood at all. Which is a shame really, because I’m at work. I do hope my boss doesn’t walk past any time soon – I’d hate to have to explain what this document was…. Oh well, I’m VERY productive the rest of the time, so I’ll just go with this for now. Besides, it’s better to recognise that I’m not going to be productive now, than to try and then to make mistakes!

Lunch was with a super cute ex of mine, and we had a good old chat. (he’s so cute!) Anyway, rather than dragging you down memory lane with me (which might not be all that clean…), what I want to do, is talk about a particular saying of mine which he reminded me of. He said he only ever understood the extent of my positive outlook on life, when I told him my “60%” story. So I’d like to share that with you today;

Let me explain… You know how people say you’re either a “the glass is half empty”, or a “the glass is half full” type of person? Well, what I say – is that both of those options are technically incorrect. The glass people describe is in fact 60% full. Why? Because you never fill a glass right to the rim - so when a glass appears half full/empty, then you’ve still got 60% of what you have to start with. Which is great – if you’ve already taken 5 sips, then you probably have 7.5 sips left!

The point behind my saying is that in most cases I will find the good news and enjoy that, rather than focusing on the bad stuff – it makes my happy anyway, and that’s what counts!

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