Seeing Things Differently

Seeing things differently

So often we get stuck in one way of viewing situations or life events instead of trying to see things differently. It’s not easy picking up a different pair of glasses to get another perspective on or to find purpose or meaning in all things that happen to us.

Last week I was at lunch by myself and overheard a conversation between a man in a wheelchair and a lady. I don’t know what events confined him to a wheelchair, but I do know that he sees things differently than most in his situation. He obviously had turned what would seem to be a tragedy into an opportunity to help others. He was headed to Africa soon to teach children with disabilities how to make the best of what life had handed them. He definitely did not see his condition as a handicap but as an opportunity to make a difference.

I think there are countless opportunities for each of us to find a purpose in all things that happen in our lives. Many times we just need to take a moment, see things differently and know we can choose to make something good out of just about any situation.

“I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn her back on life.”
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) American Political Leader and First Lady

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