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    Half Full

    By Bill C. Castengera

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    Why don’t good things ever happen to me? Why can’t I catch a break? How come I’m not lucky?

    Feeling this way is more common than one might think. We see and perceive things through a filter and if we consciously work at it, we can alter the filter through which we see the world.

    When the filter changes, and our perception changes, reality changes.
    Two years ago, I began a soul-searching experiment in perception. I blogged about my thoughts and feelings simply to gain an understanding about myself before the real experiment began. As I put words on paper, I began to realize that simply knowing myself began to shift my outlook in a positive direction. I hadn’t even begun what I thought was the real meat of the experiment!

    Things changed rapidly as I began to learn who I was. I came to the understanding that many of us are strangers to ourselves and that the simple act of thinking about who we really are and being honest with ourselves about it, can make a huge impact on our lives.

    This book is the simple beginning. It is the culmination of the blogs I began writing two years ago that lead me to this self-discovery.
    In some small way, I hope the insights herein will benefit others and help them to gain awareness of who they are and meet themselves for the very first time.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBill C. Castengera
    Release dateMar 23, 2015
    ISBN9781310586477
    Half Full
    Author

    Bill C. Castengera

    Bill Castengera lives in Jacksonville, Florida with his wife and three children. He maintains a philosophical blog in his spare time and considers himself an expert in all things, large and small, but mostly small.

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      Half Full - Bill C. Castengera

      HALF FULL

      By

      Bill C. Castengera

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      Copyright 2015 by Bill C. Castengera

      Smashwords Edition

      ISBN: 9781310586477

      All rights reserved including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without the prior written consent of the publisher.

      This edition is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. Do not sell or give this edition of Half Full to other people, as additional downloads are reasonable and fair.

      The characters and events portrayed in Half Full are fictitious. Any similarity to persons living or dead is coincidental and in no way intended by the author.

      Also by Bill C. Castengera:

      Shift!

      "There are lots of things, including changing the kind of inner dialog that can mitigate anxiety. And yes, there are people who have the glass half full and glass half empty, and I'm afraid the glass is going to break and I'll cut myself on the shards."

      --Scott Stossel

      Contents

      Introduction

      Breaking Up With Yellow

      Don’t Eat The Meatloaf

      What Is Your Dream Job

      Get Off The Fence

      Attitude Is Everything

      Comfort Zone Expansion

      Small Talk Is Vampiric

      Choose

      Are You A Winner Or A Loser

      Interact MAN! Be A Part Of Something

      Prioritize Your Reality

      Wear A Purple Hat

      Are You A Good Person

      7 Reasons People Fail

      Inspiration. Create. It

      The Hope Of Perpetuation

      About The Author

      Introduction

      My angel slammed her fist on the desk of her superior and asked that she be reassigned. She pleaded that the case was hopeless. Somewhere in the auditory distance a baby cried.

      To her superior’s credit, she was denied the request and was told to make it work. She was told that all the best things came hard, and that it would be worth it in the end. She rolled her eyes as she turned toward the exit, frustrated. The soft glow of righteousness followed her out.

      A few days passed and a switch flipped inside her. It didn’t happen all at once, but gradually she began to develop a plan. The plan became a determined resolve. That resolve became an obsession. I was oblivious to the whole affair.

      I have always considered myself to be a reasonably positive person. Sure, I have bouts of negativity—I think we all do. More and more, however, I am seeing that a positive outlook creates a positive reality. Bad things happen, they just do. How we react to those bad things will shape our lives, of who we are, and who we might become.

      My angel, unfortunately for me, is a glass half empty kind of gal, but she’s working on it. And I am too. Two years ago, I began writing a series of very short blogs. I created them as a release, a sort of journey of self-discovery. What I didn’t realize at the time, that I have realized now, is the idea that getting to know myself was a huge step towards becoming a better person. We all have goals and ambitions. We all combat selfishness and greed. It is a timeless struggle. Getting to know myself helped me realize what matters most in life. And writing those blogs two years ago helped me to discover myself. With that discovery, I am a happier person in general.

      If you’ve never tried putting feelings into words on paper, I highly recommend it. I had epiphany after epiphany of who I am. I was surprised that I never really knew myself. I think that most people don’t really know who they are or what they truly want from life.

      This book, in my very own and small way, is an effort to share the insights I’ve discovered during my soul-searching blog days. I hope that sharing this will help someone, especially my angel who was so willing to give up on me. She’s on board now, though, I can feel it.

      Breaking Up With Yellow

      I'm not much for sentimentality.  I don't have a problem letting go of inanimate objects just because they're attached to a particular memory or feeling.  I'm a pack rat in reverse.  I throw things away I might desperately need at a later date.  Thinking that I might need something two years from now is simply not enough reason for me to retain it.

       I like clean lines, clutter-free, nick knack free countertops and tables.  My home is not a retail oddity shop.  You cannot come to my house and peruse an eclectic mix of bizarre items from around the country.  Functional items often cross the boundary into decorative, and this might be okay to some people, but I'm not trying to inflict my own personality onto the items I

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