Over the years I have become much more of an optimist.  It has become much easier to see the cup as half full instead of half empty.  This may be as a result of retraining my brain, or maturing, or maybe not really caring about what I used to think was important and now I realize is not.

On a vacation I would sometimes worry more about the fact that it would be ending in a few days, instead of just enjoying those few days.  Or more typically I would see what I did not have instead of what I do have.   These days those things do not really bother me.  I am quite content, with or without, though my new convertible helps.

The struggle still persists though on one particular matter.  Daylight.  I cannot shake the fact that starting today, the sun is heading back south, away from us.  To put it really badly, winter is on its way.  I stood on the beach yesterday at noon and saw my shadow barely visible underneath me.  Starting now it gets longer.  Now that is enough to ruin a nice summer day.

So much for cup half full.