{"id":49780,"date":"2019-11-05T14:48:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T20:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=49780"},"modified":"2019-11-12T12:04:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T18:04:39","slug":"the-bright-side-of-a-glass-half-empty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/05\/the-bright-side-of-a-glass-half-empty\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bright Side of a Glass Half Empty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"276\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/crossing-off-list.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49781\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m terrible at being a \u201cthe glass is half full!\u201d kind of person.&nbsp; When I contemplate the world around me (or contemplate myself) my eyes are captured by the bright glare of emptiness\u2014the void, the lack, the absence.&nbsp; I look at my long list of projects and only see the items I haven\u2019t crossed off yet (yes, I\u2019m the kind of person who writes things down I\u2019ve already done so I can cross them off!).&nbsp; I stare into my garage and imagine all the shelves I\u2019d need to sort to be \u201cmore\u201d organized.&nbsp; I gaze into the eyes of my five week old son and wonder why he only likes to sleep on people\u2026.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you may suspect\u2014or have experienced yourself\u2014each one of\nthese contemplative road leads me, in turn, to a disappointed heart: a feeling\nof inadequacy as a scholar, a home-maker, or a parent.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"248\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/broken-heart.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/broken-heart.jpg 248w, https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/broken-heart-80x64.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps I tend toward the dreary side of life.&nbsp; But, perhaps I see what reality is: God is perfect, so nothing else can be.&nbsp; Yet, I don\u2019t think God is simply calling us to look at reality around us\u2014our relationships, our vocations, our environment, or our hearts\u2014and be disappointed.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our lectionary readings at this time of year are ticking us closer to a subject which many might find dreary: the endtimes.&nbsp; And, certainly, it may be hard to look at the apocalypse as a \u201cglass half full\u201d kind of situation.&nbsp; On the other hand, Jesus calls us to take a hard look at reality.&nbsp; The correct response to a Jesus who calls us to task is: \u201cO God, be merciful to me, a sinner!\u201d&nbsp; Jesus does not have patience for the recital of a long list of the good tasks we&#8217;ve completed (fasting twice a week, paying taxes on one\u2019s whole income, not being like those \u201cother\u201d people) (<a href=\"http:\/\/usccb.org\/bible\/readings\/102719.cfm\">Luke 18:9-14<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sycamore-tree-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49783\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Likewise, the crowd of interested, responsible citizens lining the street to see Jesus are not the ones whom Jesus picks out with his piercing gaze.&nbsp; It\u2019s Zacchaeus, screened out of sight up a sycamore tree, and who surely had not prepared his house to perfection, on whom Jesus prevails for lunch.&nbsp; Zacchaeus, a sinner, the one whom Jesus describes as having been \u201clost,\u201d is the one whose heart is clear enough to contemplate a clear, new reality..and to come to conversion (<a href=\"http:\/\/usccb.org\/bible\/readings\/110319.cfm\">Luke 19:1-10<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/idol-worship.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49784\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>While I still don\u2019t have a good way to deal with an infant who won\u2019t sleep unless I&#8217;m holding him, I do think there\u2019s more to be said for looking clearly at one\u2019s faults and failures.&nbsp; The trick is, one must not fall into the trap of looking at faults and failures as all-consuming gods\u2014beasts to be fed with all one\u2019s attention and time.&nbsp; 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