Today as I was driving to Litchfield, listening to country music and enjoying the trees that NH is so blessed to have, there was a biker biking on the side of the road. As I gave him some room and drove around him, I noticed in my rearview mirror how incredibly far the drivers were from the biker, and yet they still moved over to give him room. This got me thinking about perspective. From my standpoint as a driver, had I stayed in my lane 100%, it looked like I would have hit him with my mirror. As I watched the van in the rearview, the vehicle was several feet from the biker. When I'vebeen out biking and cars dodge me, I notice how far away from me they are.
And then I got thinking about perspective in life. The biker, the driver, and a bystander all have different perspectives in this situation. In life, we all have different perspectives. Something I often hear is that we all think we have the biggest problems. I've learned over the years that as we serve others and look for ways to help them through their trials, our problems pale in comparison. And that makes me think of how Gordon B. Hinckley's father said "forget yourself and go to work." Sometimes I think it's just important to remember perspective. Remember other people and how they may view the same situation differently. Remember how they can interpret words differently than you. I think as we are all a little bit more conscious of those around us and our different life situations, the world will be just a tiny bit better. Not that it's a bad place, but we can all do our part to make it a little better, even if it seems unimportant and miniscule. A volcano erupts after ages of magma buildup. That doesn't happen overnight. Each individual, microscopic atom is responsible for an eruption the size of Krakatoa. But each atom could not have caused it on its own.
Those are my thoughts. Perhaps incomprehensible, but it's what I was thinking about. And that's how my nice country drive went today. :)
And then I got thinking about perspective in life. The biker, the driver, and a bystander all have different perspectives in this situation. In life, we all have different perspectives. Something I often hear is that we all think we have the biggest problems. I've learned over the years that as we serve others and look for ways to help them through their trials, our problems pale in comparison. And that makes me think of how Gordon B. Hinckley's father said "forget yourself and go to work." Sometimes I think it's just important to remember perspective. Remember other people and how they may view the same situation differently. Remember how they can interpret words differently than you. I think as we are all a little bit more conscious of those around us and our different life situations, the world will be just a tiny bit better. Not that it's a bad place, but we can all do our part to make it a little better, even if it seems unimportant and miniscule. A volcano erupts after ages of magma buildup. That doesn't happen overnight. Each individual, microscopic atom is responsible for an eruption the size of Krakatoa. But each atom could not have caused it on its own.
Those are my thoughts. Perhaps incomprehensible, but it's what I was thinking about. And that's how my nice country drive went today. :)
Good thought, Karen.
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