Perspective
Such a profound word. I found myself sitting outside, thinking about life, gazing at the stars. Normally I could always point out where the Big Dipper is, it’s by the little one- but somehow I couldn’t find it. It didn’t occur to me that maybe I was sitting at a different angle, so I gave up looking for it.
As I walked back inside, I turned around and there it was. The Big Dipper, right in my clear view.
It made me think for a second... crazy how something so little can make you think about bigger things.
The moment I saw it, a light bulb went off. We often find ourselves in difficult situations and we tend to give up when the answer is not right in front of us.
It made me think hard about the little stuff I sweat. I portray it to be so big and heavy in my heart and mind that I just give up, instead of trying to change my perspective.
Maybe if I walk in a different direction, I can see the beauty right in front of me instead of blocking the view.
Life is so much more bigger than we know. Than what we see. If we focus on the bad, the bad will continue to happen. If you focus on the great, then you will start to see great things happen. As so I assume... but it could..if you allow positive thinking, I’m sure you will see life from a different view.
It’s all how you view the shift.
Change your perspective. Look at the bad in a different light.
Granted, it’s so much easier said than done. It’s hard to switch your negative thoughts into positives.
I can talk about positivity like it’s nothing, but when it comes to myself- I struggle a lot. I’m still struggling and learning to change my shift into thinking.
I’m just writing into existence in hopes that I can encourage myself along with anyone who comes across this post.
Right now my head is so wrapped up on escaping the holidays because I do not want to deal with the changes I’m going through and feeling that empty hole of grief, but what if I don’t escape? What if I stay here and enjoy the time with my family that I have here.
I’m still bitter, I’m still a wreck, I’m still struggling a hell of a lot, I’m still grieving and I’m still healing... but all of those stills, I can switch it into a learning lesson. Shed a little bit of light to make it bearable to move forward. To make it a goal that I will be a different and better person. To make it a goal to just be happier.
Life is hard, no doubt. It’s a constant highway filled with roadblocks, pot holes, mud, and rain. It’s the hardships that prevent you from moving forward.
You can either live in the angry, bad, or whatever mood you are feeling, or you can say ok, this sucks, but it’s just a roadblock, I can get around it. It might take longer than you hope for, but eventually you will get to your destination.
Little by little, I am starting to change my view towards things. Things I can’t control. I question everything, I think way too much, I’ve had a lot of roadblocks come my way I couldn’t have overcome without some sort of help. I’m so consumed of viewing things in a one perspective manner that I didn’t think about switching the script.
And for those who dealt with emotional, manipulative, or what have you, any kind of trauma- know it’s so damn hard to flip that script when you’ve adjusted your thinking towards it. It’s like relearning how to just be, how to be yourself for you without the negativity that was brought into it. It’s hard.
And the ones who dealt with losses, know it’s hard to change your perspective when the holidays come around and just your perspective in general of how was this suppose to be apart of the plan?
Or maybe that’s just me..
Maybe I will start to change my perspective and see the light again...