I'm generally a glass-half-full kind of guy. But there are times when my experiences (what's going on outside of me) or my moods (what's happening inside of me) cause me to be a glass-half-empty person.

Do you know whereof I speak?

If so, one of the prayers appointed for today in the daily prayer book and lectionary, For All The Saints, is helpful. It goes like this:

Father in heaven, God of power and Lord of mercy, from whose fullness we have received, direct our steps in our everyday efforts. May the changing moods of the human heart and the limits which our failings impose on hope never blind us to you, source of every good. Faith gives us the promise of peace and makes known the demands of love. Remove the selfishness that blurs the vision of faith. Grant this through Christ our Lord. Amen.