Theme: Optimism
The cup
When I was a girl, I used to visit my grandmother on
Saturday afternoons. Once, I went to see her as usual
but I was worried and upset.
She was taking care of her plants in the garden and when
she saw me she realized at once that something was
happening and interrupting her tasks she invited me in
saying:
- Let's go to the kitchen, I made a new recipe today and
I want you to try it.
I was not very enthusiastic about the desert and
finished telling her very plaintive what was happening
to me. I had had a great disappointment that would
probably ruin the rest of my life.
Grandma listened to me carefully without any comment.
When I finished she got up took a cup and filled it in
half. She put it in front of me and asked me:
- Tell me my child, is this cup half full or half empty?
- It's... both one and the other - I answered slowly,
not predicting where she wanted to go into it.
- That's right. It both can be said, being full and
empty. We all have our fair share of sorrows and joys.
But our life is only happy according to the way we face
things. It all depends on us. We may always be wailing
because the cup is half empty or on the contrary we
rejoice because the cup is half full.
And nowadays, when I am tempted to complain about my
luck, I remember of that Grandma’s cup who taught me how
to face things. In life there are sorrows and joys but
the cup is never completely full. It all depends on how
we see it...
From the book And, for the rest of
life..., by Wallace L. V. Rodrigues.
Translation:
Larissa Martine - larissa_am@hotmail.com
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