We Have Different Perspectives
Our focus this week — Dec 3-9: “Perspective”
Today’s MotD: We Have Different Perspectives. We are reminded that we all have different perspectives, even if we all have the same experience, that experience is filtered through our individual perspectives. For instance, if a group of people witness an event. While in general their descriptions may be similar, each one will have noticed something different based on their own point of view—both physically and internally.
Often times my brothers and I will reminisce about something from our childhood and most times we realize that our perspectives are completely different. Several times I’ve caught myself saying to one of my brothers “I had no idea that you felt or thought that way.”
Where this plays out for me now is when Gerry and I are about to put together a piece of Ikea furniture (truly a marriage strength tester). We used to argue like crazy with this type of task until one day I realized that how he wants to approach tasks and how I want to approach them always seems to be completely opposite.
Since I’m absolutely clueless as to how he processes tasks (even after 35 years of marriage), I’ve learned to let go of trying to force my approach on him, and let him lead the way. I find it also helps to ask him first—rather than assume— “How do you want to go about doing this ?” By doing so, we keep our peace and the task is completed in short order.
Essentially, we’re encouraged to keep in mind that not all of us have the same perspective, even if we appear to be aligned. It behooves us to not assume, but to ask “what’s your take on this ?”
How about you ? When interacting with other people, do you assume what their perspective is on any given topic or task ? Are you open to asking of others what their perspective is ? Are you open to listening to what their perspective is ?
BTW…Here’s the before…the front and back view of today’s puzzle piece and the pretty ceramic box that holds all my numbers from which I randomly choose each day’s puzzle piece number:
Peace & Blessings,
Maureen
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ABOUT THE 2025 Mandalas of the Day
Throughout the year, I’ll be building one large (48”x48”) Tibetan-styled Mandala one piece at a time…one puzzle piece at a time, that is. The mandala design and the reversed puzzle side were printed on artist-quality watercolor paper. The forward facing puzzle side was printed on a 48”x48” wood panel.
Each day, at random, I’ll be painting in watercolors one of the 365 watercolor puzzle pieces, that by the end of the year will become Archangel Mandala #4. Read more about the Archangel Series. The word/message for each piece will be inspired by Melody Beattie’s book “52 Weeks of Conscious Contact”.
Ultimately, the message of this mandala is about how we are all uniquely part of the one.
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