The Cup

Sometimes in life, the cup is half-empty, sometimes it is half-full, sometimes it runneth-over, and sometimes it is bone dry. I’d like to say it is all in a person’s perspective, but I don’t really believe that. I do, however, believe that sometimes, life hands a person a set of circumstances and those circumstances define themselves and all the person can do is deal with the cup they are dealt. That is not always a negative thing, but it is not always positive either. It all depends on what is in the cup and what you do with it.

Post #12: 9/4/25

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Tanya Turner

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Cup Status: Full, but There is a Hole in the Bottom and I Keep Adding Water

I’ve been thinking lately about stretching. Stretching my muscles to release tension, stretching time to accomplish as much as I can, stretching my patience so I don’t blow up at the people around me, stretching a dollar as far as it can go. Stretching, stretching, stretching. I feel like there are days when I have stretched as far as I can and there are other days when I know that if I just take a deep breath and then exhale while stretching, I will be able to move further than I did before. If I just organize my to-do list better, I can make time work for me. If I just take more time for me, I can manifest more patience. If I just save every penny, I will stretch the money that I have. The problem is, life doesn’t always work like that. Breathing in and exhaling does not always equal further stretching of the muscles. No amount of organizing to-do lists can actually create more time. Me time might increase patience in the short term, but it does not always increase patience in the long term. A person can save every penny that they ever make and then life can kick them when they least expect it and then there goes the savings or the plans for the future and the money won’t stretch like it used to.

But, whether or not the stretching works the way we hope, life will challenge us. Our muscles will remain stiff and sore. Our relationships will suffer. Our time will diminish. Our dollars will shrink instead of stretch. That is why there is a hole in the bottom of the cup, but I keep pouring the water in the top of the cup because I can’t give up. I will push forward. There will be times when the muscles do stretch. There will be times when the patience does increase. There will be times when there appears to magically be more time. There will be times when there are sales that help save money.

So, stretch, stretch, stretch. Pour, pour, pour. Eventually, the cup will overflow with all of the beautiful things that have been poured into it.

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