What is your cup (of life)?

To everyone who know me my cup is always half full.

My darling Mum who died 18months ago was the only person who knew when my cup was empty.

I am not very good at sharing my sorrows, but I have been told that I am good at listening to others, so I am always happy to let people “off load” to me.

My cup is always half full. I'm a happy, optimistic person. My mother used to tell me that I was turning more like my father every day. He took life in his stride, even when he got his dementia diagnosis. He never let anything get him down.

Usually half empty and getting emptier by the day . I seem to find more and more to get anxious about as I get older. I am really grateful for what I have but I seem to imagine the worst case scenarios every day.

I'm the same as Greenfinch

My cup is usually more than half full! One of the many things that mum mum used to find irritating about me was my pollyanna attitude. To be fair I wouldn't have coped with her half so well if I wasn't a pollyanna!

My situation isn't the best and would depress a great many people, yet the good in life is outweighing the bad. Long may it continue. I count my blessings every day, for all the bad luck I've had, I have had loads of good luck. So my cup is always half full.

I have found there is always something enjoyable/amazing/interesting/uplifting in life [if we look] to mean the scales tip to the positive, good side of life.

I have never put my head in the sand, I know how awful life can be, how disgusting some humans are and how despairing we can feel sometimes. But I look for the balance, it's there too.

If things aren’t right I suppose my first reaction is “Now what can I do about it”.

For instance, my friend has a rubbish sat nav in his car, part of the specification. He’s always moaning about it. Me I would have had it back to the garage the first time it sent me the wrong way.

If I’m feeling miserable I do something I think I might enjoy, like a long walk. Or go off travelling. Dig the garden. Eat cake!

I suppose you might say I work keeping my cup nice and full!

Half full for me despite troubles and tribulations-------I'm a fighter with confidence in myself to overcome these " blips " that life throws at us.

I guess we are on our own KatyK

Eglantine, I think people get fed up with me trying to find a solution to everything but i feel it's part of moving on 'positively'!

No greenfinch in my head I am a half empty cup
However I am mindful not to mention my worries to others.
I am lucky enough to have a friend that I can mostly confide in.

During the night its the end of the world,
Come the morning my Cup does refill.
At that point I can usualy become proactive.
Its the things in life that I can't control that empties My cup.

A former GN poster called Wobblybits once said in a similar thread - there's no such thing as glass half full or half empty - just the wrong size of glass!

I am a glass half full person as well. I am mindful though that I have not been unfortunate in suffering from depression or anxiety, I can understand how those illnesses can drag you down.

Like kittylester, I too have been described as a 'pollyanna', certainly a glass half full person. My motto has always been 'Why make a bad situation worse, by feeling sorry for yourself, even if you have good reason to'.

Some imply it is a choice but at times that can be hard. I think I am an analytical person so it is hard when analysing all that life has thrown at me to expect that things will improve. Things happen which are not my fault and outside my control.

Like others, when there is a problem I am proactive in finding a way to fix it but what do you do when it is unfixable?

I always try to find the rainbow but sometimes there are only storms, loud ones.

I tend to be a cheery soul mostly, so I am definitely a cup half full woman, even in the bad times I try to smile and listen to others. I am not very good at opening up to friends and family about my woes, so I do tend to wear a bit of a mask. My mum's no-no for her children was to never air dirty washing in public, so I have always been a fairly private person as far as opening up to others about my personal life. (It's much easier to do it on writing, here! )

I try to find a silver lining in most clouds if I can. Some situations haven't had them, but the majority of troubles can be reframed. If I do need to mope or lick my wounds or have a good cry, I do it in private.

I'm with Nonnie on this one.
Its extremely difficult to find a positive out of some situations..

"Greenfinch* Well I am a self confessed misery guts!

When things are unfixable, you find away of living with it.

Yes MissA, you understand but it may be hard for those who haven't had to cope with impossible situations to comprehend.

-wavery smile- difficult, isn't it? Every. Single. Day.

MissA - big virtual hug.

Thanks Nonnie.
Sending one back to you, too.

I don't think I have a choice in being a 'glass half full' person. It's just the way I am. I have had awful experiences which knock me for a while but I recover fairly quickly. Some people find it irritating and I do wonder if it makes me superficial and insensitive.