First of all, I would like to wish everyone a Happy Belated New Years! I hope everyone celebrated with family and friends and had a good time. I wish you all health and happiness in the New Year.

Perspective is an amazing gift to have. In life there are two types of people. People who look at a glass of milk and say "That glass of milk is half full, which makes me happy because I still have some delicious milk to drink!"  And you also have people who look at that same glass of milk and say "That glass of milk is half empty, which makes me sad because I don't have as much delicious milk to drink as I did five minutes ago." Two vastly different opinions on exactly the same thing. I always try to live my life looking at the glass "half full." I count my blessings every day and am thankful for the opportunities that are presented to me instead of sulking about what goes wrong in my life and complaining about what I don't have. I think this perspective makes me a generally happier person and allow me to get through the times in my life that aren't the best.

The same perspective can be used at looking at our basketball team this year. Entering the season, we had amazingly high expectations because of the success of last year's team and the talent level of this year's. Most people agreed that if we could stay healthy, we would have a legitimate chance of becoming NBA champions.

Unfortunately, injuries (like every year it seems) have put a damper on the mood of our season. To use the milk parable, those who choose to look at a glass of milk and proclaim it half empty look at our team and complain about the lack of continuity. Those same people like to focus on the squandered opportunities against teams that were decidedly weaker than ours. These same people continue to talk about the 'what if's' and the 'could be's' instead of the realities of our team, that we are an unlucky team that has done relatively well in the face of adversity.

I continue to look at our team as half full! I am optimistic about our future. Instead of focusing on what has gone wrong and who is to blame, I prefer to look at the Western Conference standings and see that our team is still in the thick of the playoff picture a mere few games outside the top of our division. I see that we are 10 games over .500 and have not had our full compliment of stars. It excites me that we still have our best basketball ahead of us. That, my friends, is called having a positive attitude. Having a negative attitude is destructive to the goals that we are trying to achieve. It is much easier to reach your goals in basketball and in life without negativity. Remember this, the next time you have the choice to look at a situation as a negative or positive one.

Alrighty guys, I'll talk to you soon!

Go Rockets!

Shane

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首先，我想给所有人拜一个晚年，我希望大家新年都和家人、朋友一起度过了一段愉快的时光，我祝福大家新年身体健康、万事如意！

你知道吗，这个世界上有两种人，一种人看着半瓶牛奶会说，“哇，还剩半杯，我还有半杯美味的牛奶可以享用，我很开心！”另外一种人呢，则会闷闷不乐的说道，“已经喝完半杯了，我很难过，因为我还能享用的牛奶只有五分钟之前的50%了... ...”

这就是人生观世界观的区别，我一直是个乐观主义者，我总是看到牛奶还剩半瓶，对于我来说，每一天都是祈福，我感谢上帝赐予我的一切机会，而不是因为某些不顺心的事情那个闹情绪、或者抱怨我还未曾拥有什么。我认为这种态度是我能够更愉快生活的原因，帮助我度过生活中那些不愉快的时刻。

这种态度同样适用于今年的火箭，赛季前外界对我们期待很高，因为我们去年的出色战绩以及休季期的成功引援。大多数人都同意，如果我们能保持健康，那么有足够的实力去争夺总冠军。

不幸的是，和往年一样，伤病又缠上了我们，影响了所有人的情绪。这时如果你是悲观主义者，你会抱怨火箭表现缺乏连续性、稳定性，挖苦球队为何会一再输给实力不如自己的球队。这些人同时还会不停的把“如果怎样，又会怎样”的话语挂在嘴边，而不是着眼于我们很不幸、而在逆境中我们已经做得相对较好的现实。

但如果你像我一样乐观的看问题，你就会对火箭的未来充满信心！与其纠缠于什么地方出错了、谁应该为此负责，还不如去看看西区排行榜，我们队仍然超出50%胜率十个胜场，距离西南赛区榜首也只有微小差距。对了，我的朋友，这就是积极的生活态度。如果消极面对事情的话，只会影响你完成目标，摒弃消极的心理，不管是球场内还是生活中都会更容易获得成功。记住这些吧，消极还是积极，选择权在你自己手中。

好吧，下次再聊！

火箭加油！

肖恩

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