We see life by the glasses we wear.
I know a certain individual who lives life wearing rose colored glasses. This person always views the glass as half full. He lives in his own little fantasy world where he refuse to see things as they really are.
He says that he has lived his entire life this way and has never had a problem. Well things are not always as rosie as he would like to think they are and that rose he views as red is actually black.
Life is colored rose by this persons own self denials. I would love to shatter his rose colored glasses and wake him up to reality. He needs to take a good look around.
All his rose colored glasses are doing is hide the truth and let’s face it, some things are true whether you believe them or not. It was Aldous Huxley who said: “Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
The sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it. -Danish Proverb
Don’t go through life wearing rose colored glasses.
When you put on your rose colored glasses you can’t see the truth that it staring you in the face. You can’t see the unpleasant side of things. While there is nothing wrong with seeing the good in life, sometimes you have to take off your rose-colored glasses and see things as they really are.
It takes courage to confront not just the good in life, but the negative as well. It takes courage to remove your rose colored glasses and see the light.
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4 responses so far ↓
Wrote: Jun 28, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Isnt that right on the money, its such an aggravating experience for the people around them. People use this method so they dont have to grow up or face the complex things in life….
Shawn
Wrote: Jun 28, 2009 at 9:26 pm
I have a co-worker that is just the opposite. He refuses to see the good in anything. The glass is always half empty.
I don’t believe that either way of looking at things is healthy.
While I acknowledge the negatives in my life, this is only so that I can find a way to overcome them. I do not dwell on them. I see no point in making myself miserable. Sometimes I wish I could be cheery all the time.
Wrote: Jun 30, 2009 at 7:06 am
It is so true. I lived that way for a long time; only I called it burying by head in the sand. Playing camel! Either way you can’t appreciate the good in your life until you confront the bad in the world. I hope some day he breaks his rose colored glasses.
Wrote: Jul 7, 2009 at 3:04 am
I’ve always believed that this trait in children is fine, but when adults do it, it’s aggravating. My best friend sees the glass as half empty sometimes and half full other times. This is also frustrating because I never know how I can talk to her, and I never know what story she’s going to tell me (she changes the things she’s said depending on what kind of mood she’s in).
Kids need to have that rosey outlook on life. They don’t need to know all the hardships, but once they become adults (or at least teenagers) they need to take off the rose colored glasses and see the world for what it really is.