"Those who appreciate life the most are given the most to appreicate"

As a famous sage once observed,

"It is the person who likes to pat dogs to

 whom dogs come for pats.

Most of us spend our lives trying to

escape from self-centeredness.

Maybe that's the whole point, the whole challenge,

what the whole thing is all about.

Some succeed better than others.

It seems the more things you care about (outside of yourself)

the more intensely you care,

the more alive you are.

To care, you have to surrender the armor of indifference.

You have to be willing to act,

to make the first move.

It takes a great deal of courage to really care,

 to love and then to lose....

life is not fair and often it is safer

not to get involved, not to care....

but in that end do we really live?

 We must be willing to act, to approach,

to be absorbed, and in the absorption....

to be fulfilled.

Thank you SS for your wonderful words

of wisdom and friendship.

You are right in that it is us
that chooses the glass half full/empty throughout our lives.

Also,
Thank you for reminding me of how much my glass has runneth over!!!!

Our favorite people watching spot in Sienna

(It is indeed a full glass)