It's All a Matter of Perspective
Wow, it has been nearly a year since my last post, I think. I am amazed to find a few of you have come to this blog to read it, and sorry to disappoint you by not having anything new to give you. I have gone through a series of trials since that time and will share some of them down the road a bit.
There is an old movie that I love called An Apartment for Peggy. It stars William Holden and Jeanne Crain. There are many good lessons learned in this movie without it being preachy, and it is done with humor. One of the things I remember most is the character Peggy tries to reassure her husband that life in the attic of this house that belongs to a professor is only temporary and she is quite happy there. She asks her husband for a fifty cent piece and she has him hold close to his face and she asks him what he sees. He tells her he just sees the fifty cent piece. Then she tells him to hold it farther out and so he extends his arm and she asks, "Now what do you see," and of course he not only sees the coin, but he sees Peggy, and everything else in the apartment. "It's all a matter of perspective," she states.
I guess if we look at our troubles/trials too closely all we see is the trouble, but given some distance, we finally see not only the trouble but everything around it. It's all a matter of perspective.
Thank you, Reader, for continuing to stop in. I hope to have more soon.
There is an old movie that I love called An Apartment for Peggy. It stars William Holden and Jeanne Crain. There are many good lessons learned in this movie without it being preachy, and it is done with humor. One of the things I remember most is the character Peggy tries to reassure her husband that life in the attic of this house that belongs to a professor is only temporary and she is quite happy there. She asks her husband for a fifty cent piece and she has him hold close to his face and she asks him what he sees. He tells her he just sees the fifty cent piece. Then she tells him to hold it farther out and so he extends his arm and she asks, "Now what do you see," and of course he not only sees the coin, but he sees Peggy, and everything else in the apartment. "It's all a matter of perspective," she states.
I guess if we look at our troubles/trials too closely all we see is the trouble, but given some distance, we finally see not only the trouble but everything around it. It's all a matter of perspective.
Thank you, Reader, for continuing to stop in. I hope to have more soon.
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