My world changes with my perspective

I just spent last 72 hours in the beautiful city of Medan in Indonesia working on a new business project. Like usual when ever I travel, just before i walk out of my house, I like to stare at my book shelves and pick some books that attracts me and this time I picked a beautiful book by one of my all time favorite author, Robin Sharma!

It has been a hectic 72 hours in Medan and usually at times like this by the time I get to my room I can only hear my bed calling my name out loud but this time I took Robin Sharma's book and flipped and came to a page that caught my attention...

Robin Sharma in his book, 'Who Will Cry When You Die?' wrote: To live happier, more fulfilling lives, when we encounter a difficult circumstances, we must keep shifting our perspective and continually ask ourselves, "Is there a wiser, more enlightened way of looking at this seemingly negative situation?" Stephen Hawking, one of the greatest physicists ever, is reported to have said that we live on a minor planet of a very average star located within the outer limits of one of the hundred thousand million galaxies. How's that for a shift in perspective? Given this information, are your troubles really that big? Are the problems you have experienced or the challenges you might currently be facing really as serious as you have made them out to be?
We walk this planet for such a short time. In the over all scheme of things, our lives are mere blips on the canvas of eternity. So have the wisdom to enjoy the journey and savor the process.

Hhmm... this paragraph brought me back many memories... to say that my life has no challenges, it is really far from the truth but I am relatively a happier person than many others most of the time! Then I realized when I am down, doesn't matter what the cause might be... I continuously seek a new perspective! I have been doing this without even realizing it.

A particular incident that happened like 5 years ago came back to me... there was a day I had a real huge fight with my sister. It went a bit out of control and harsh words were exchanged! She said that I don't realize how sharp my words are and how it can be so damaging... I was really upset, left the house and her standing there, drove my car and stopped at a nearby mall... I didn't know what to do... like usual when in this situation, first cry all you want and than pray! I did exactly that, walked in the mall aimlessly and suddenly a book caught my eyes... the title was, "Me and My BIG Mouth"! My first reaction was, hey I am not alone! I couldn't believe that someone could actually write a book like that... I took the book in my hands, slightly nervous... opened the first page... and i read " you can use your words to build someone or kill!" that was like a big blow in my head... wow this is what my sister was trying to tell me...
At that moment i made a decision, my words will only build someone! Till today I have lived by that rule and that was the last day someone ever told me that I had a big mouth!

Guess the most important thing is to accept where we are, our current situation or what ever that we are going through at the moment and than to seek some evidence to change our perspective and trust me, when our perspective changes, we not only will cross over that phase but we also will come out stronger! My best friend that has never failed to give me a new perspective at all time has been books. Books opened my window of possibilities and i realized my world changes with my perspective!




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