✨August 17th, 2023 - Perspective✨
Good Morning Mystics!
Perspective has been an interesting topic for me as of late. There are so many and it's hard to fit each perspective into a category. It's not as simple as right or wrong—there's polarity and complexity to perspectives. What we feel is wrong is right to someone else, yet sometimes we can all agree on the same thing. And when two or more people have a shared experience, each individual has a different perception of it.
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This isn't new. I'm mostly repeating what I've heard and seen. But, I've been looking into my own perspectives and the way I see things. Rebecca Campbell has said, "We are ever-changing beings. We're not meant to stay the same." I agree with this statement because I find it to be true. We aren't meant to hold onto one perspective during our life time. We're meant to grow, learn, expand, change. I recognize some of you may not agree with this statement, and that's okay. We all have what speaks to us and what doesn't.
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I've mostly been drawing an awareness into my interactions. When someone needs to talk, I listen and am present. Yet I notice when I get tired of listening, when I start thinking of ending the conversation so I can go do my thing. I get curious—why have I suddenly lost interest when I was able to be present before? I might perceive their issue to be as something little or something not worth being bothered by, yet this person is, so how can I show up for them when I don't understand?
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And vice versa—if I'm bothered about something and the other person is thinking, "Why are you so bothered by this? It's not that big of a deal?" how can I express myself in a way to help their understanding. I go even further at times by asking myself: Why am I bothered by this? What has it touched upon in my beliefs, values, fears, stories I tell myself? Is this something I'm ready to let go of? How can I begin to let go and release it? (I usually find movement like dancing helps with this! Or even writing out my thoughts to get clear on what it is I really think.)
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This new found awareness has shown me different ways to approach situations, relationships, and dive deeper into experiences. From the seat of consciousness I can seek to understand myself and another. It's just another evolution on my personal journey that I'm still finessing—if one can even finesse such a thing. I think the most important part is learning and when it doesn't work out the first time you practice it, you keep trying to see when it does!
Note: This post will not resonate with everyone and that's okay. Take what does and leave the rest. Trust your intuition!
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