Have you ever wondered why some people facing the same difficult situations respond differently? Have you ever seen people who are apparently successful, being unhappy to the point of suicide? These scenarios are so common and it is related to where we place our focus.
It is said, ‘where focus goes, energy flows’. – Tony Robbins.
The energy acts on our focus and gives rise to the corresponding outcome.
We might have heard about the glass half-full and glass half-empty analogy. It is said that when a glass has water in it up to the half-way mark, it can be described as stated above.
When one’s focus is on the emptiness of the glass, it is described as a glass half-empty and such people are referred to as having a pessimistic view and when one’s focus is on the fullness of the glass, they would describe it as a glass half full and such people are described as having an optimistic view.
The pessimistic view looks down at the emptiness, the loss, the despair, the failure, lack of accomplishment or hopelessness of a situation. The physiology, thoughts and words are geared in that direction and that is why there will be a feeling of unhappiness, depression and this may lead to self-medication with harmful substances or even suicide.
The optimistic view however, looks up at the potential of fullness, elevation, accomplishment, success or hope in a given situation. The physiology, the thoughts and words are geared in that upward direction. That is why we see people who have fallen, rise up again. We see people who have failed, try again and again.