Same Old, Now New.

“The enormous structure had captivated me, its arches, it’s angles, the tomb, everything seemed to fit perfectly in coherence. I could look at it all day, admire it all the time. The Taj Mahal, a structure made out of love, for love, by someone who loved. I could never look at it any other way. The aura that it gave out, its vibe, it all allured me insanely. Such a picturesque sight, it made you forget about everything flawed in this world. As I peacefully looked at it a man next to me interrupted my thoughts, he kept rambling about how overcrowded the place was, how it wasn’t maintained, how the river Yamuna as unclean, how everything about this place was disgusting. He continued for a while as I tried my best not to let his negativity infect me. Then he looked at me and said “Miss, don’t you think this place needs beautification?”, I smiled as I stared at the marvel and said,” In my opinion I have never come across anything more stunning. You see sir it’s all about perspective”

Perspective

It might seem like an unimportant 11 letter word but in reality it can change the way you see everything.

Has it ever occurred to you that all 7 billion of us have a set of different eyes and a completely different mind. That means that there are 7 billion ways of looking at something. and yet an opinion of a single disdainful mind influences us all. What we lack is perspective.

A perspective cannot be classified; you cannot call it good or bad. The world is as it is and yet we all see it differently.  It’s just the way we look at things. Like I said all of us can look at the same road and see such different things.

For a man who is heading to his dreary workplace, the road might seem drab and painful, for a backpacker it is the beginning of something amazing, for a mother visiting her children it’s a blessing, for a young girl leaving her house to fulfill her dreams, the road is a new beginning.

Each one of them see it differently, uniquely.

Circumstances make things seem a certain way but if we learn to see things positively even in the worst of times, we’d love our life.

I cannot count the times I’ve noticed the flaws than looking at how amazing something was. I regret it. If only we started seeing things as more an opportunity than our duty, if we saw the beauty instead of the drawbacks, if we appreciated the good the condemning the bad. The world would seem beautiful.

We let the wrong takeover, don’t do that. I wish I could say that just one morning after a good night’s sleep waking up in the bright sun would change your perspective, but it doesn’t work that way. It’s a gradual, beautiful, meaningful process.

Every time you look at the somber sky, appreciate its hue don’t condemn its dullness.Start with something small. Slowly, the world will change, the same old will change into a wonderful new.

I’m learning and I cannot tell you how thankful I am.

Until next time folks,

Girl online.