Half Empty?

You know the old debate, do you see the glass half-empty or half-full? For me, I think I'm a fairly positive person and try to see the glass as half-full. I look for good in every situation, not always succeeding. That probably stems somewhat from my faith. I believe in a loving and merciful God, so I have hope.

So while I like to be positive, I also love to tell stories, hence this blog, and every story has to have at least a bit of adversity to be a good story. Think about your favorite movies, books, etc., there is alway something to overcome.

This sort of "clicked" for me this week as I talked to a friend I haven't seen in a while and began to tell story after story of all the "bad" stuff that had happened to us since we'd last talked. Afterwards I wondered why I didn't tell her that we are all healthy, Kendall's job is going well, 3 of our 4 children made honor roll, our new home is lovely and becoming more like home, and Nathan got his driver's license and we can actually affort his insurance? It just doesn't make as good of a story. So how can I be a person with a positive outlook on life and a good storyteller at the same time? I'll think about that while I go refill my half-empty cup of coffee.