What do you see?
Eyes closed, I put you up to a chair, really close so that it touches your nose. I tell you to open your eyes and tell me everything you can from the object in front of you. You would probably say that it looks like wood, it smells like polish, it’s a bit shiny and the colour is brown. Continuing with very obvious conclusions.
Moving you about two meters away from it, asking you the same question, you would tell me a lot more about that chair. With some extensive knowledge you would even be able to tell me the year and design style too.
That’s the thing with perspective. When we find ourselves buried in confusion and stress about a situation, chances are that you are most definitely too close and not seeing it for what it is. You got to move back a little, take notes, regroup and see the whole ‘chair’. We live our lives in such a rush. We spend very little time allowing ourselves to see things from the right angle. And once you do the burden lifts. Knowledge calms the mind. When you master the power of perspective, you get control.
Allow yourself some time to reflect on the things that cause you to worry. Gather all the information about it and decide if it’s still worth stealing your joy. Often it’s just a chair waiting to be moved to the sunny corner of your mind so that you can sit on it and enjoy the view.
Granadilla love,
Mags