Why is it that, for so many people, the glass seems half empty instead half full?  Why do so many of us go straight to the worst-case scenario?

Why isn’t it a thing to go to the best-case scenario?  Or, more directly: what we really want?

I remember a time when I had certain beliefs, ideas, and stories I’d ride or die with. For example, I thought I was a good person only if I sacrificed myself for others’ benefits.  And of course, that meant putting my own needs on the back burner.

In time, I came to realize that was not serving me, or anyone else for that matter.  I was only hurting myself because I was not being honest with myself about what I truly wanted.

I didn’t yet realize that if I focused on the goodness in life, more would come.  However, I soon discovered a new way to be.