Glass half full or half empty?

This is a short story, passed onto me by a friend, that forces us to self reflect on if we view life's challenges as opportunities, or as obstacles.

A shoe factory sends two marketing scouts to a region of Africa to study the prospects for expanding business. One sends back a telegram saying,
“Situation hopeless, no one wears shoes”
The other writes back triumphantly,
“Glorious business opportunity, they have no shoes.”

To the marketing expert who sees no shoes, all the evidence points to hopelessness. To his colleague, the same conditions point to abundance and possibility. Each scout comes to the scene with his own perspective; each returns telling a different tale. If we live in the universe of possibility, on the whole, you are more likely to extend your business and have a fulfilled life if you have the attitude that there are always new customers out there waiting to be enrolled rather than that money, customers, and ideas are in short supply.

I know you live in the world of possibility, the opportunity is helping those around you see and feel the same possibility!