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The Bigger Picture - What Does That Mean to You?
By Viola | March 6, 2008
The Bigger Picture - What Does That Mean?
Whenever we come up against something in life, when something irritates us, we tend to dwell on the details of that encounter. It can take over our minds – it can totally fill the ‘picture’ of our perception. I am sure that we all get ‘side tracked’!
We have all done it before and all have the ability to take a step back and look at the situation in a larger context. When we do, we discover that there is more to the situation we find ourselves in than we realised. There is always some viewpoint that gives a meaning to the things we experience.
By asking yourself, “What am I being invited to learn here?”, you shift your perspectives. There is also a different approach which can be used to shift your thinking from “either/or” to “both/and.” It is best if you find similarities instead of focusing on differences.
I come across the following story today, which may make the above a bit clearer.
From an unknown source:
A Hindu master grew tired of his apprentice’s complaints. One morning, he instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then to drink it.
“How does it taste?” the master asked.
“Bitter,” spat the apprentice.
Then the master directed the young man to take another handful of salt and put it in the lake. Once the apprentice swirled his handful of salt in the water, the old man said, “Now drink from the lake.”
As the water dripped down the young man’s chin, the master asked, “How does it taste?”
“Fresh,” remarked the apprentice.
“Do you taste the salt?” asked the master.
“No,” said the young man.
The master explained, “The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The amount of pain in life remains exactly the same. However, the amount of bitterness we taste depends on the container we put the pain in. So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things …. Stop being a glass. Become a lake.”
Become a lake? Now the question is, HOW do we become a lake?
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Something for all of us to remember:
Whenever there’s more in sight - we get more insights!
Topics: Personal Development |
