My Cup Is Haft Empty, but I Am Not Negative

As a survey from Mrs. Tara happened in the class, I found myself as a part of the Negative Side (or the Dark Side, if you like Star Wars, and the original trilogy is the best, not for debating) of the class. Turn out the way I call my haft-empty cup of that hot delicious cup of caffeine is deemed… negative.

In the essay “Attitude Is Everything” by Francie Baltazar-Schwartz, from the book Reading Matters 3, we have Jerry, the German guy that the author says “you love to hate” him, as he is always positive, and having a good mood. The Schwartz once says to Jerry that a person couldn’t be positive all the time, and “I don’t get it.” Jerry replies to the author: “Each morning I wake up and say to myself, Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.’ I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.”

So… for Jerry, life is all about choice. the same thing applies to me. Its just about your choice. You can be negative and force yourself to have a terrible life… or, you can make a terrible thing a joke, laugh if of, and learn from it. It is like choosing between watching the dreadful news the make the world seem to be awful. On the other hand, you can watch political satire, which make me happy and hopeful. I sure love to watch Stephen Colbert makes joke about what is happening in Capitol Hill and around the world. A truely politically funny show for not so politically savvy people.

So, back to the haft-full and haft-empty debate. It is true that I can be very dime sometime, but, when you look at me, I can crack a joke or two that can make you smile. Because: “This coffee is so good that I make it haft-empty in no time!” When you enjoy and you are happy, even negative thing will make you smile. Cheers! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Work Cited,

Schwartz, Francie Baltazar-. “Attitude Is Everything.” Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work, Jack Canfield. Reprinted on Reading Matters 3, Heinle, Cengage Learning, 2007, [p. 270-271].