Thursday, January 22, 2009

Perspective

It's amazing how perspective varies from person to person.


Take insecurity for example.


A person may not feel as though they are insecure, yet their actions may suggest otherwise. Example: saying you're OK with your boyfriend going out without you, then driving him crazy all night by texting/calling him. He can't enjoy himself and you are not acting as though you trust him.


But what happens on the rare occasion that someone is able to understand and acknowledge a person's perception of themselves-yet they can't? Someone believing they are not insecure and yet it's plain as day that they are?


I was talking to a good friend about this very topic this morning. He shared with me it's really about perspective. We conduct ourselves based on the way we think we are, not on the way it will be received by the external world. Events may take place and to one person it may seem like the worst thing ever, but to another, it's very surface level and "not that serious. "


Can you operate in a situation-work, relationship, marriage-like that? When people don't see eye to eye, does the situation have the strength to genuinely survive?


I think that's in the eye's of the beholder...

3 comments:

The Second Sixty-Eight said...

It is somewhat difficult to operate in a situation where there is not much consensus. Occasional differences are cool. But not constant ones.

Anonymous said...

Your perspective means nothing if your not honest with yourself...let alone others. Perhaps a deeper look inward is in order. You would be surprised how much the truth clarify's your perspective.

Manuel said...

Thanks for the post, pretty worthwhile info.
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