Perspective is powerful
Perspective is probably most important ingredient to be happy and a perspective of gratitude is what differentiate from whole hearted person to a wanderer.
One of the best example of perspective is from book The Noticer:
A person was on the verge of suicide met an old man Jones. The old man told him that how he is a smart and creative person because worry in itself is a creative process negative yet very creative.
Another wonderful example of perspective is how we interpreted love. 4 ways of love interpretation according to jones are.
- by doing deeds, or small things for people
- by telling them
- by spending quality time with them
- by physically touching them
And an easy way to understand whats your dialect is to notice what you do when you express love. Such a powerful way to start noticing differences in perspective and how small shift in right direction can help you form strong relationship.
To understand difference more clearly another great example from The Noticer :
A homeless boy and old man ate sausage on the beach where boy used to sleep at the night and the amazing difference in perspective of old man:
boy you ate sausage on sand while I dine on surf and turf with an ocean view.
But as powerful as perspective can be intention are useless without action. It needs to be understand that there is no difference in people with intention and people who doesn’t give a damn. the power lies in action.