Last week I had a few moments where disappointment had set in and I turned into a negative Nancy (momentarily).  It seemed that everything I have been working for just wasn’t enough and the things I needed to happen were going nowhere.  I felt stuck, frustrated, and hopeless.  It was not a good place to be, and I wasn’t a delight to be around for sure.  I knew in my head that the “issues” I was feeling were just my way of fighting against what was my current reality and that I needed to desperately find the positive in the situation for fear of falling into a dark abyss of despair.  It sounds much worse than it was, but you couldn’t tell me that in the moment.  So, I took some time to sit with my disappointment and while I felt like everything was going wrong, I slowly but surely came back to my normal self.  I began seeing the situation for what it was and decided to view it from a new perspective.

I am so very grateful for perspective because no matter what life throws at you, if you can shift your perspective for a moment, you can see things with fresh eyes.  For me it meant shifting my thoughts away from what wasn’t happening and moving them to what is happening.  It meant shifting my view of what I didn’t have to see the many blessings I do have.  It also meant viewing my current situation as a gift.  A gift of realizing even when things aren’t going as planned or aren’t moving as quickly as I would like them to, I am still blessed and exactly where I need to be at this moment.  For some reason that thought takes some of the heat off of myself and allows me to stop fighting the current of life and allows me to flow.  Of course you couldn’t tell me that in the heat of the moment.  I am a bit stubborn and can be emotional too, so before I can shift my perception I have to first feel the frustration, anger, and disappointment making sure not to let it linger too long.  I will chalk this up to another lesson learned or at least one I am continually learning.

Perspective is truly a gift.  What can you change your perspective on that would change your reality a bit?