Shift in Perspective

I've long enjoyed a stolen moment here and there looking at mother nature.  As luck would have it, my apartment has a wonderful view for just such occassions...there are birch and crepe myrtle trees outside my windows and it all overlooks a manicured lawn and nice pool.  So whenever I need a little connection to the world outside, I sit on my porch and enjoy.

Today I was walking the boys and as I came around the bend opposite my apartment I was struck by how stunning things looked from the other side.  Now, normally I'd slow down to a meander in order to appreciate it...but today a breeze was blowing, the temperature was lovely, the sky was blue - and I thought a shift in perspective would do me good.  So the boys and I stopped, I plopped down on the sidewalk, and we enjoyed a good 10-15 minutes of what felt like being in the presence of perfection.

As I sat and enjoyed, I got to thinking how beneficial a different view can be.  In this case it felt as though it represented the choice I've made to leave corporate america and wonder out on my own, but don't we have the option on a regular basis to take a new approach?  Isn't that what Dr. Steven Covey talked about with Shifting our Paradigm?  Or maybe that's what the saying, "Things look greener on the other side?" is referring to.  I certainly don't have all the answers but I enjoyed thinking about it.  

Especially since my foot and wrist have been acting up and yesterday a coach asked me, "If your foot and wrist could speak - what would they be trying to say to you?"  I knew what my foot would say - "Slow down!" but my wrist was a bit more elusive until today.  The message came loud and clear..."Let go."

So for me that's what an innocent shift in perspective can offer - answers to outstanding questions.  Now I look forward to learning the lesson put before me and as I work through it, I'll be looking for other opportunities to look at things through different lenses.  Here's to us all doing that now and again!