Hello. I would like to invite you to the following link before delving into this article. This is a 13-line original poem of mine that is the subject of this article. < http://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/a_glass_808226 >

I wrote this poem a few months ago. I forced myself to take the grand advice of T.S. Eliot, "Poetry is to say as much as possible in as few words as possible." I have always been infatuated with words which has left me to ramble on like an old man or Robert Plant. I realized that I had to stop trying so hard and focus more on the poetry itself -- allowing it to flow as naturally as it should.

Now back to the story -- one long, ambitious night of work had left me exhausted as I studied accounting, lean operations and the poetry of Robert Frost. While doing all of this, I left to get a glass of water to calm myself. I raised it to my lips and enjoyed a long sip, and when I looked at the translucent low-ball glass in my hand, I was reminded of the ole debate " A Glass Half-Full v. a Glass Half-Empty". I started thinking about that, and I decided to write a poem to express my thoughts.

I took a stance that it really does not matter how fully one fills their glass, what matters more to me is the process of filling. The focus, the sacrifices, the labor, the gratitude for water (the sustenance of life), and more i what I saw reflected in my glass of water. As with most of my thoughts, I took this micro-level and related it more to the macro-level of the world. From here, I thought that this must be how the Almighty would see people. Glasses of water that either keeping filling, or settle and stop. Ultimately, my point is that the glass must be filled -- and how one fills it in addition to how satisfying that water is -- this is what really matters. This is not commentary on optimism or pessimism; in fact, this has pertains to these two ideas only for the sake of moving past them.

I would love to hear more from you, my friends. Please comment about your thoughts on the poem, or article. I promise to respond to you!