Half Full or Half Empty?

As I was preparing for worship this weekend, I came across a great Bible story about attitude.  It is found in Numbers 13.  In this passage, God tells Moses to send 12 spies into the land He has promised to give His people.  When they get there, they discover that the land is rich and fertile beyond their imaginations: it produces clusters of grapes so large, two men have to carry each cluster.  That would have been outstanding news to people who were living off manna morning, noon, and night.
However, there was a problem.  The fruit was gigantic and so were the people who occupied the land. Exaggerating the problem as people are wont to do, one of the spies remarked that they looked like grasshoppers compared to the people of the land.  Big opportunities, but big problems.
Ten of the spies could not see the opportunities for the problems, while only two could not see the problems because of the opportunities.  They knew God had given them the land and would handle their problems accordingly.
What kind of person do you tend to be?  Someone who can't the opportunities for the problems, or one who looks through the problems for the opportunities?  All great plans face potential problems.  It's whether we can look through the problems that determines our success.
I just finished reading Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, which chronicles the first transatlantic flight.  It is s story of looking through problems, some of them gigantic, to discover the opportunity of reaching Paris.  When he finally reached Paris, he even toyed with the idea of moving onto Rome. Lindbergh never quit looking ahead and he let that vision draw him through tough times.
So do you look at the glass as being half empty or half full?  When it is half empty, there never seems to be enough to satisfy. When it is half full there is always room for more.  Is there room for more in your life?