Motivational Monday…A Different Point of View

Yes Kathy, It's all about perspective and how we choose to interpret the world around us!

Good morning, Kathy... a wonderful analogy. I was very fortunate to have attended Harvard Business School where they instilled the decision tree analysis process in us. That analytic process meant we kept looking at issues and always asking what if and what then? 

It can definitely be difficult to see things from another point of view, since we don't have that point of view (that we're trying to understand). Great post to get some thinking started!

Kathy Streib - There are so many stories I have as a spinoff of reading the short stories of those you shared about perspective, but I will keep them to myself. You are SO right! When there is the potential for conflict or misunderstanding, it's really all about perspective. 

Excellent post. By the way, "Something's Gotta Give," is one of my favorite movies. Jack and Diane played their roles so perfectly to fit their characters. 

I am chickling hard at your post, Kathy Streib change the view turn around and look away from the corner.

Good morning Kathy,

Love your post and a great analogy.....sometimes we need to walk away and come back and look from a different angle and its amazing the different perspective you often find. I've always liked "Something's Gotta Give," one of my favorite movies!

Good morning Kathy. Marcus Aurelius was so far ahead of his time especially with the legacy news of today. And, Henry David Thoreau was point on. And Siri Hustvedt brought it home with perspective. Thanks for sharing. In many ways a wake up call. Enjoy your day.

Hi Kathy,
This is a deep subject for so early on a Monday. LOL 

The quote that struk me is:
"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."    

The problem these days is that it's hard to get actual facts from which to form an accurate opinion.  I laughed at the part where Nicholson says he has never lied. Everything he says is some form of truth. Isn't that the problem? We get some form of the truth but not the whole truth?

From time to time I get the itch to move things around in rooms and my bedroom has had quite a few different configurations over the years, haha.

I love the Marcus Aurelius quote. That really says it all. I wish we could stop the pretend fact based commentary we see.

It can be very hard for people to open their eyes and see what is right in front of them, to change their perspective and see if through the eyes of others. A challenge for all of us.

Using our God Given brain is the key, in my opinion.  If all we do is listen to what others scream and shout, and not form our thoughts and opinions, we are nothing but sheeple.  Sometimes even a change in perspective does not work.  

Kathy the photo above about the yard, is kind of like my wife and me about snow.  She will stand at the window when it snows and chant "let it snow, let it snow", and I will stand at the window "YELLING STOP, STOP".  She has never shoveled any snow, I do all the snow shoveling.  I should hand her a shovel the next time it snows, I have a feeling she would be chanting something different at the window the next time it snows.   🤪

Well you know me Kathy.  I love to move things around and see things differently!  I'm glad Gary appreciates it too and has great ideas himself for our home and many other things, situations in our life.  That's such a gift to be able to say - hmmm let's think about this - how about this, how bout that?  Opens up the creativity and brings in a whole other new and refreshing energy.  Ahhhhhh that feels so good!

Kathy:

Our perspective is the lens through which we view the world, life and people around us, and each person has their own. It's a big mistake to simply assume that others look at a situation through the same lens that we do, and no doubt a source of many problems, and misunderstandings between people.

Jeff