Perspective

Have you ever gone through an entire conversation with someone and then you two realize that you weren’t even talking about the same thing? Then you start wondering how the other person got off track and if you sounded stupid the whole time? I might be alone on this one, but we will continue. There are so many situations that people view differently depending on their position in the particular situation.

Every time I see an airplane I wonder if they can see me. I always wonder who is in the plane and where they are going, and whenever I am in a plane and I see cars below I wonder the same thing. It just reminds me how bug this world actually is and how many different lives are being simultaneously lived. This is comforting to me in a way. If you failed a math test, for example, just consider how big the world is and remind yourself why it isn’t that big of a deal. I’m not sure if that made sense to you, but it sure makes me feel better when I think that the world is ending because I got in trouble.

The next time you think somebody doesn’t like you and you ae feeling sad, try asking someone from an outside perspective if they notice it too. If you know a friend is being toxic, evacuate the friendship immediately. If this is a teacher or a co worker though, it may just be all in your head. Sometimes we have a habit of creating false ideas of someone, and it can be helpful to get an outside perspective on it to see if it is just in your head. Your mind can be your worst enemy and you need to make sure that you are keeping those thoughts in check.

Perspective can change an entire situation. For example: what if someone sends a birthday card to someone else, but the card got lost in the mail. All of the sudden, one person thinks that the other one doesn’t like them because they never wrote them a birthday card when in reality it simply went missing. We are all guilty of jumping to conclusions about people and we should have more faith in the people in our lives. It is a tough balance however because you also never want to allow someone to take advantage of you and end up hurting you. I have not found the balance yet but I am working on it. Have you found it yet? Thank you so much for reading.

-LG