Perspective
There are many things which someone could say "life is about..."; many of those statements (whatever 'those' statements are) would probably have truth to them. Here's one that I was thinking about this week during my 30-40 mn daily commute. "Life is about perspective". I could write a thesis on it. We look at problems, opportunities, the past, the present and the future based on the perspective that we look at these moments in time.
I remember in 8th grade art class part of our year we spent on "perspective" drawing. I wasn't very good at it. I either wanted to imitate another picture that I had seen, or I just simply couldn't get my mind to stop thinking that each line on the paper that I drew had to stand for itself. One of the keys to drawing in perspective is to understand how the parts fit with the whole. The more you can 'see' the big picture without having it drawn out for you, the more effectively you can put each line down on the paper and trust that as the parts connect, the whole will be made clear.
Hmmmm... kinda deep. But that is a lot of what I have been going through these past couple of weeks. I guess it is similar to Proverbs 3:5-6 where we see a different picture. A picture of a path that is only lit enough to see where the next step should be taken to stay on it. To stay on this path, I/we must trust that each step will take us to the desired destination. The more we know about the "big picture" of life, as believers, we know where that path is eventually going to take us, even if we can't see what's around each bend. And I guess in a way, that is perspective too.
Like I said, there's a whole lot more that could be said, but you probably wouldn't have the time to read it :) So having the perspective that shorter is better, I'm going to stop writing now...
posted by Blackie's Tour @ 6:15 PM
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