I Have A Glass

I Have A Glass

Glass half empty

I used to be that way a lot.

There was this pessimistic bent

to my thoughts.

It got to be a bit

of a pervasive pattern

of feeling.

But what are thoughts?

Can't they be changed?

Why do we try to fit

new events

into old patterns?

I guess that's where

I am now.

I've changed my thoughts.

Was it intentional?

Sure at times, it was,

and sometimes it was not.

Now I'm just happy

to have a glass.

I know there are times

it will be overflowing,

others not so much.

But all along

I still have the glass,

and I can choose to perceive

what is in the glass

in many different ways.

Isn't that what awareness is?

So today I choose to be grateful

I have a glass,

no matter how much is in it.

I choose not to judge

the level in the glass

but to just be thankful

for what I have in it.

Even if it is empty

for I know that will change

soon enough

if I stay focused on being

grateful and thankful

for what I do have. 

I have a glass

and for me right now

that is enough.

All My Love Always, Keith