Perspective is Everything
Perspective:
a. the capacity to view things in their true relations or relative importance.
b. a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view.
The art of perspective is an amazing concept. Once learned, an individual will act completely different in circumstance where ones personality would’ve naturally take over. You begin to look at each situation with a new lens. Allowing oneself to become empathetic not just sympathetic. The difference between the two is a learned concept.
Perspective also checks ones ego. How one might view a situation feeling wronged, the art of perspective allows one to be more understanding in a situation. This does not mean you allow yourself to be taken advantaged of. However the idea is that you look at the circumstance of each individual and the multiple roads that intersect to their current situation. This is done prior to automatically reacting in a situation. This will bring about a whole new evolution within oneself.
It is easy to play the victim and in most cases. The art of perspective teaches to seek the best possible outcome which will bring the ultimate amount of growth for each party involved.
Growth is not easy nor comfortable. Gaining perspective is growing a whole new sight of vision. Much like trying on new glasses they can be hard to adjust at first. Taking in data of how you feel, to how others may feel in a situation. Rarely do we really care how others feel. We don’t want to feel like the fool that was taken advantaged of, played and betrayed. A fool thinks they are right, to argue with a fool makes one seem from a distance, to seem like a fool as well. Perspective takes maturity, it takes humility. Most think that humility means that you are humiliated. It’s the exact opposite. Within humility you still have dignity and pride all the while humbling yourself to a lesson yet to be learned.
Often we ask, “how are you?” within that question are two automatic responses. The person who answers the question, doesn’t think to answer honestly and even when the answer isn’t true they are fearful that no one really cares how they really feel. The person who asks the question, does not really care for any response outside the norm, asking only out of curiosity. Hoping that people do not share how they are really feeling because it wasn’t a genuine inquiry.
How we view the world matters. For if we ignore the proper lens how can we begin to tackle issues plagued in our society? Perspective not only makes us empathetic it makes us better versions of ourselves. We owe it to ourselves and then the world to be the best version of ourselves. For it is only then that we leave lasting and impressionable footprints of honorable contributions to humanity.
So many different lens to view the world and the art of perspective allows us to connect to others despite ethnicity, religion, race, creed. Perspective is the authentic lens in which we should view the world we live in and those around us. Imagine how many wars, arguments, political and human rights issues could be resolved if perspective was used.
“Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one — the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts”
— C.S. Lewis
How then can we begin to effectively grow and mature as an individual, community and as a society? Through the art of perspective we allow our egos to dwindle away. We allow ourselves to practice patience, peace and understanding. We begin to see situations as they really are and not how we image them to be. We don’t look to take advantage of situations for our desired outcome but the best out come feasible for growth.
Anything that does not growth is dead. Without the right lens vision is lost. We have no dreamers, no radicals, no challengers, no champions, no saviors. We determine our lens. Our family shape our lens. Our family is our village. Those we deem worthy to see the naked you. Our faults lay bar, yet they still believe in and support us. We choose who we allow to help bring about new lens in our lives.
Our life must have a code. We lead in ways to were our name and our word mean something and are held responsible. We must hold ourselves to a standard. Our standard must be that which is honorable and empathetic. As our lens expands past our plane of vision our perspective evolves shifting our world and how we view and interpret it. We then can begin to allow ourselves to enjoy the growth phases that life presents.
