Today I would like to talk about seeing beyond our limited perspective and I start with the story:
One day, a group of bling men came upon an elephant. Men were curious as none of them encountered one before. In order to learn what elephant was, they each put their hand to touch it. First man, whose hand landed on the trunk said: “An elephant is like thick snake.” Next man reached out and placed its hand on the elephant’s ear and said: “No, its like a fen!” Last man placed his hand upon its side and said: “An elephant is like a wall.” As each man insisted, that his perspective on elephant is the right one, their differences descended into argument. Of course, each was right in one way, but incorrect at the same time.
We all fall into this experience. As human beings we tent to project our partial perspective as the whole truth relying on our own angle of experience. The result is, that we make an assumption about the whole based on just one of its parts,
Sometimes we do this with people making judgements based solely on their age, appearance, first impression or a career, but our perspective has got a limit. In order to discover anything close to the whole truth, we must try to consider as many perspectives as we can.
So next time you find yourself in disagreement, consider the possibility that both sides tell a part of a whole truth. Try to open yourself to the ideas and new perspectives that are outside of your direct experience. Stepping back from the single brush stroke to see the whole painting.
“I’m telling you that your perspective of the reality is more limited that you thought and that the truth is more unlimited than you can imagine!” – (Neil Donald Walsh)
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