Perspective Matters

What do you see? What's more important here? What's right in front of your face or out there on the horizon? 

 

The more you move away from what's right in front of your face, the clearer it all becomes, right?  

I spent too much of my life looking at what was right up in my face. I let it control me. Everyday, though, I'm getting better at taking several steps back and looking at the big picture, looking at what is to come, not what has already happened. Since I've learned how to start letting go, the big picture gets clearer, and more stunning by the day. 

I'm not, by any stretch of anyone's imagination, anywhere close to having perfected it, but I'm light years beyond where I used to be. The thing is, it doesn't matter if you know that. It doesn't matter what you think about what I'm saying. What you think of me is none of my business. What I think of me is what is imperative. 

My forest. My tree. My circus. My monkeys. That's the only thing that determines how the rest of my life is going to unfold. Every day, I practice, and I mess up, and I practice again, and I get better at realizing that I am in control of my reactions, my responses, and my emotions.  

There's some quote out there about how life is 10% reality, and 90% perception. I think that math adds up. You do get what you think about, whether you wanted it or not. The stuff that fills your eyes, your mind, and your being, day in, and day out, really does have an impact. 

As for me, I'm changing the channel.  

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