Glass Half Empty

"Is the glass half full, or is it half empty?" My fourth-year grade school teacher presented this question one day in class. I remember sitting more towards the rear of the room; I was the problem child. There was a book, Alicen Jones's book actually, and in that book was a picture of a glass of milk. My teacher Ms.Corson was ecstatic to share this page with these developing minds. Is the glass half empty, or is it half full? The class shouted their answers. A majority agreed that the glass was half full. In fact, everyone but Alyson and I agreed that the glass was half full; Alyson said the glass was half empty. The more she shouted, the more everyone disagreed, and that made her angry. You see, I never answered this question truthfully.

This cup is not filled to the brim; one can assume that it was filled to not touch the brim, one may also assume that it was emptied so it would not touch the brim. These are the most reasonable and satisfying answers. Assumptions, it's crazy how they work. At such a young age, one could not assume the glass was half empty or half full. One would have to witness the cup of milk being poured or emptied to determine if the cup was full or not. If one has a cup and fills it halfway, the cup is half full. If one fills a cup and drinks half, the cup is now half empty for they have emptied it themselves. I understood the difference- such a small difference, easy, comprehensible, but not logical. I figured out at a very young age that perception is not black, white, or grayscaled. Perception is

There are also realists; I am a realist. I can perceive things through all of the listed mindset. There is far more to realism than society grasps. To be a realist, the barrier between logic and wonder must be broken. Everything in this universe is up for question. To use logic, you must first think illogically; in order to think logically, you must recognize the illogical. I have never shunned the illogical; I embrace the senseless and irrational. Grazing over the transparent pastures of my mind, I delved through every window I came upon. What I have found so far through this life could amaze you. What I have to say would either land me my own TedTalk or be discharged to a hospital. Both and neither of these possibilities are valid nor invalid, and that's perspective, or is