Nothing ever is as bad as we make it out to be. Every
moment happens just the way it was designed. It is
the way we perceive each moment or event in our lives that dictates how we feel
about it.
For instance, some of us perceive a dark room
as an opportunity to let fear take over. How would a visually impaired person
deal with darkness? Or we eat at a restaurant and lament about the quality of
the food; we carry the aftertaste of that experience all day, cribbing
relentlessly. How would a person who has been starving for days have reacted to
the food had you bought it for her? A malfunction in your car's air-conditioning
makes it unbearable for you to ride in it. Wouldn't someone who travels by a
bus or local train daily, packed like a sardine in a can, consider a ride in
your car a pleasurable experience? One sure way to change perceptions is to
metaphorically 'refresh' the situation almost the way you would press the
'refresh' icon on your browser. Compel yourself to consider the positives in it
each time you are confronted with an agonizing situation. Watch how your
feelings transform magically, like your webpage gets refreshed instantaneously
allowing a new newsfeed (if on facebook!) to show up.
It is not without reason that we have all be
taught the adage, 'every cloud has a silver lining'! All perception is relative. Change the way you see, and think about, something. Be sure,
you will change the way you feel about (most things in) Life!
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