The age old question about life perspective. I'm getting a lesson in that this morning. Last night I went out with some girlfriends for a couple drinks and one turned out to be a little stronger than I thought so consequently, this morning I am exhausted and dragging.
As with any slow morning (well...every morning, really) I went and got a cup of coffee. I've gradually made friends with the woman who makes my coffee at Starbucks. Initially I didn't like her - she came off a little rude at the start and to be honest, the drinks are not very good. Anyway, a story for another time, but I decided to change my perspective and try and befriend her beyond being a customer - it's going well. However this morning, when I really, really needed the coffee (grande) I got the cup and it was litterally half empty and the rest was foam.
The answer to "half-empty or half-full" I've decided, is that if the glass literally starts at the half-way mark then it is half-empty because it was never full to begin with. Besides the point, I wanted to complain because I wanted all my coffee! I'm having a rough morning, I'm still pretty heartbroken this week and I needed some soul-southing java.
I'm not real dramatic about the emotions I share with people I would rather experience those alone in my room or whenever people aren't around, so I like to make dramatic music playlists to listen to to express how I feel. One of the songs that I've been listening to jumped out at me at this moment of deciding whether I should complain about the coffee or not. It's called "Strangely Dim" by Francesca Batistelli, and the lines that came to my head were -
When I fix my eyes on all that You are
Then every doubt I feel
Deep in my heart
Grows strangely dim
All my worries fade
And fall to the ground
Cause when I seek Your face
And don't look around
Any place I'm in
Grows strangely dim
That helped a little bit with my perspective - I'm still tired and still only have a half cup of coffee, but now that I'm focusing on God getting a full cup of coffee suddenly doesn't seem that important. This other line from "It's Your Life," also by Francesca Batistelli -
It's your life
What you gonna do?
The world is watching you
Every day the choices you make
Say what you are and who
Your heart beats for
It's an open door
Even though I'm having a rough day (or week) my actions and how I respond to and treat people regardless of that is going to say a lot more about me and about who and what I believe in than a blog post ever could.
The woman who made my coffee, because I've made the effort to get to know her I knew that she was trying to buy something she had been waiting for for a long, long time and that the reason she may have made my coffee not very well this morning was because she was flustered trying to make her purchase and having to juggle a hectic morning of customers.
So I decided I didn't need to have my mug all the way full. I can survive on a half-empty glass and God can fill it the rest of the way full.
Happy hump day. :)
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