Perspective

How much power one word has.

It can change a painting, a book, a sculpture, or a poem to the point where it’s nearly unrecognizable. Just like that. Just with a shift.

Relationships have ended; lives have been ruined. All because of perspective.

How it’s seen; how it’s spaced; how it fits in relation to everything around it — it’s all in the perspective.

What you know; what you feel; how you react; what comes next. If you move to the left, does it change? If you can see it from where someone else is standing, would it be the same?

How do you know what is real?

It can fool; it can trick, deceive, and make things look deeper and better than they are. Or worse.

So much to one word. So much possibility.

Because of this, there are times in your life when you will never know the full truth. You’ll never be able to see the full story. It’s impossible, because you can only see from one angle. You will never be able to look at it from the other angle.

It’s thrown around so much it almost loses meaning, but it still carries so much weight. Don’t be fooled and don’t forget, perspective can change it all.

Reality

I have met reality.

Please do not mistake my new found calmness for resignation, nor for uncaring. Please do not think events of the past have not affected me nor that they have not been some of the best in my life. Please don’t think my mind has changed nor that my feelings are any less. Please understand that I have accepted events for what they are and realized that being unreasonable only makes things worse.

What will happen will happen and there are things I wish I could stop. In my mind there is no choice. Though it’s arguable that there is, that’s because it’s not seen from my perspective.

What I’ve realized is, what I was so afraid of happening, is what should happen. It is the best and natural way and there is nothing I should do to change it. “Could: is a different story, but I know and have always known that “would” would never happen. So, now I see that.

When you meet reality, don’t deny it. Accept it and move on. All you’ll do is bang your head against a wall trying to change something that cannot be. When you accept, you can enjoy what is possible. You can be happy in what you have and make that a better thing.

So though it appears I have now become indifferent, that is not the case. Instead, I want to hold onto what’s important in the way that I can, rather than throw it away for something I know will never happen.