Is the cup below half full or half empty?
It’s true that it’s half full.
It’s true that it’s half empty.
It is true that it is both, half full and half empty.
It is also true that it’s neither it is not half full or half empty – those are just interpretations that humans prescribe to it – it looks like a person has drawn some colours.
It is also true that it is a drawing intended to be of a collection of one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms in liquid form in a transparent container of in silica sand, soda ash, limestone, dolomite and recycled glass.
But all of the above perceptions are also false.
They are just one way of looking at it, which are all incomplete, none’s the whole truth.
It all depends on your perception and how you look at it.
When you look at the world, what do you see?
Just like with the cup, there are an infinitesimal number of ways of looking at the world.
Most of us look at it from our own perspective, we automatically prescribe meaning to things.
When you look at the world, do you see countries? Lines drawn by history and power?
Or do you see geographical features? rivers, mountains, raw earth?
But even then, maps are distortions and incomplete.
The world is a globe, and making a flat image of the world leads to distortions. Our popular maps make Russia and Canada look bigger than Africa, and they were made with Britain at the centre of the world.
Below is another possible map of the world.
This is just one way, that we look at the world.
But the key thing is that, whichever way you look at the world is your choice.
And how you look at things changes what you find.
When you look at the world, do you see problems, crises screaming for fixes? or do you see opportunities for lessons and guidance to improve?
Do you see trouble or do you see love?
There’s no end to the ways we can frame it.
It can be easy to slip, and stay stuck into certain ways of thinking.
I have sometimes been tempted to get engaged with some of the pressing issues of our time.
It is important to remember that there are so many different ways of looking at the world.
Whether you choose to see a half full cup, a half empty cup, a drawing, or chemicals, is entirely of your own choosing.
And this completely impacts your emotions, your thought processes, and what you will then focus more on.
I have learnt that there is a world of opportunity, and abundance, if you choose to look, identify, and follow it, and so I choose to see it more with that perspective.
And because I choose this lens, that’s what I find.
That we have everything we ever need, within ourselves.
It all starts with opening the mind.
I consider being open minded as one of my most important values that I look for in others.
I am on a mission to light up those pathways so that it can be easier for others to see.
We will be making more content about this, exploring pathways of opportunities, illuminating positive perspectives and abundant, positive pathways for people to choose.
Here are some of the perspectives and pathways of opportunities, and lessons I’ve learnt recently:
- That you can think. I don’t think I ever realised the power of thinking, until I read a few books on the topic, and implemented these principles in my life and saw the massive changes.
- That there are infinitesimal number of ways of looking at the world, and that you can choose.
- That often you don’t need to solve every issue presented to you, you can outgrow them, or just choose other options.
- That things can be as easy or as hard as you choose.
- You always have a choice.
- That you have everything you need within you.
- There are enormous resources around to help you.
- That everything that you see and experience is a reflection of yourself, giving you feedback on how to improve.
- That the answer to everything is always to upgrade or improve yourself.
I am also planning to create some content highlighting some physical pathways and routes such as for studying abroad.
