Proper Perspective Is Of Great Value To Each Of Us

Some thoughts on Perspective

It has been said that sometimes we are so closed to the forest that we can't see the trees. This statement refers to the notion that we need to move back from a situation sometimes to see it with adequate perspective. You might ask yourself the question, how close to the forest would you have to be so that you could not see the trees? Probably very, very close. If you were to back up the view of the forest would improve because you could probably see many trees and the surrounding landscape. If we take the concept of perspective with the forest and trees and apply it to challenges that seem to surround us we tend to get a different view.

In America and the world today, there are financial and political challenges each and every day. The perspective that one has helps in dealing with challenges that arise many dealing with health and safety. Over time as we study history and learn the lessons from those who have gone on before us, be begin to recognize evidences that some events will probably happen again. We learn that people in the end will be responsible for their own choices, and that government cannot effectively incentiveize the economy.

Have you ever heard of the depression of 1920? Probably not, it came and went so quickly because the government encouraged the people to save and get out of debt, the result was a depression lasting only a few months followed by the roaring 20s. It has been shown that the depression of 1929 was prolonged greatly by government intervention, manipulating the markets and throwing money at people. We have had a depression or recession every 7 to 9 years since, like clock work. How do we know this? Perspective.

Have you ever wondered how a parent could love each of their children in a special way and yet the children can be at odds with each other, the parent stays out of the fray and continues to love each child. Hopefully when they get older they will begin to treat each other as well as the parents have tried to over the years. How can parents do this, perspective tempered with love.

Sometimes those without correct perspective complain about what is happening in our country, dispairing over what we must pass through in life, they offer different solutions that squander our future and do not retain our eternal possibilities. If we are prepared we can discern the serious detour proposed and refuse to be diverted.

The value of perspective cannot be denied. Remember to back up far enough from the forest that you can see the trees, not only the trees of the forest but the lessons learned from history. If we don't understand history, we are bound to repeat the mistakes of the past.

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Kimball Findlay Ed.S.
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