Half empty, half full

I'd say, pretty much, I'm an optimist, though also a realist. I tend to see the glass as "half full" but I also realize that sometimes, the glass can tip over! I was reminded of all this today, early, when my youngest found out that a package he has been expecting finally has been put in the mail to him. His first reaction was not positive, but negative -- not "I'm so glad it'll be here soon," but "why did it take him so long to put it in the mail?" I can sympathize with his frustration but I wish he could see the glass as "half full" -- seems to be his tendency not to do so. I suppose the best thing I can do lovingly to direct him is be an example - after all, he is only 10-1/2. A lecture wouldn't do anything but bore him or make him made, and lecturing isn't that much fun anyway!

I received some unexpected encouragement yesterday which I must say was providential. Encouragement to "keep on keeping on" no matter what. Can't go into specifics here because the story that was shared with me has some highly confidential parts -- but it just so happened that I was in the right place, at the right time, and had time to talk at length with a person I'd just met. I call moments like this "God sightings" -- not that I saw God, but that I did see Him in action. Today, whoever may read this, I hope that you receive encouragement at the point you most need it. And that no matter what, that you have real hope for the future. In other words, that you have a "God sighting."