I recently found myself trying to explain a very simple (or so I thought) concept to my six-year-old daughter. Whether at school or with friends, she had picked up on the notion of a glass being “half-full” or “half-empty.”

“So which way is it?” she asked, a hint of doubt on her face.

I offhandedly remarked that it’s a matter of perspective, and people often look at the contents in the way that they want to see it.

“But it’s the same,” she said.

I told her she was right, kind of. Mostly. No wonder she goes to Mom with this stuff.

“Well, you know what?” she declared. “I’m just getting a better glass.”

As usual with these in-depth daughter interrogations, I walked away reexamining my own perspective, with how it ties into life, work, all of it. And maybe that little stinker was right; maybe it’s just the wrong glass. (more…)

James Shores

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