Half Empty or Half Full

My life has never been what I would call, "ideal." My life has been filled with many up's and down's, twists and turns. Most of my long time friends know where I have come from and where I have been. I am not a positive person by nature. I have had lots of really bad days. Days when the sun just did not shine. Days when I had no idea where my life would end up. Oddly, enough I see my glass half full. I see a bright future, lots of sunny days and my cup is so full it runneth over. I know "gag."

I have a wonderful, eclectic, zealous aunt, who has had a huge influence on my life. She too, sees her glass half full. When I was a young, impressionable teenager she would make me feel like money grew on trees, I had wings and all the world was a great mystery just waiting for me to discover. Like me, her life had many sunless days, twists and turns and up's and down's. She now owns a successful business in Carmel Valley called Partington Ridge Co. (if you are ever in Carmel check out her store at the Crossroads) a home or two, has 4 kids and 9 grandkids and 1 great~granddaughter. She is smart, funny and amazingly talented. When I think of how life can knock a person down, sometimes all I have to do is think of her and realize that all I have to do is water that money tree, spread my wings a little further and keep discovering the mysteries of life. Sometimes, people think being positive is fake and phoney...I know, because I am one of those people. Let's face it, there are some really dark days when the sun is not going to come out, there are times when things are just "crappy" for lack of a better word. However, terrible I think things may be, I still see a glass that is half full. I could list all things that I am grateful for (maybe another post), but I think it is pretty apparent, if you read my blog, what I am grateful for. I love life, even more when it is messy and complicated, I appreciate the quiet calm, that I sometimes manage to create, above all, I love that I am alive.

Not sure what it all means...but the one thing I do know is that when life throws you lemons you can either just make lemonaide or you can add vodka!