Perspective - How to stay positive

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"One man's trash is another man's treasure." - We all know this saying, but do we really?

Hello, my fellow Steemers. I recently read somewhere about how a lot of people say "be positive" and that that is not enough because it's deeper than that. The truth is, it is, and I will try to show you how to use perspective to stay positive.

What is perspective?

For those of you who don't know the definition:

Perspective is a particular attitude towards or way of regarding something; a point of view.
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Power of the perspective

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Imagine;
You and I went on a vacation in the seaside, doesn't matter where.
We have the same name, age, looks.
We drink the same drinks, eat the same meals, sleep in the same bed.
We walk the same streets, swim in the same place, and sing the same song.
We would sleep with the same partner, and dress exactly the same.

After all of this comes our mutual friend and asks: How was the vacation?

If you think we would say the same answer, you are very wrong.
After all the things we did basically like Siamese twins, we would have 2 very different versions of our vacation.

Maybe you would say that water was too cold and the food was shit.

Maybe I would say that I didn't even pay attention to the temperature of the water because I was just enjoying the feeling of it on my body. And that food, at least I had a full belly.
Hopefully, you get the point - perspective is very powerful.

How to use perspective to stay positive

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Now imagine you had a vacation to go to and suddenly you broke your legs. That would be a bad thing... or would it?

Of course, anyone would be pissed and think: "Why did this have to happen now? I could've been enjoying myself on the vacation right now. I could've drunk cocktails out of coconuts and relax on the beach."

I ask you: What if those broken legs were a good thing?

Let's see that situation from a different perspective.

You hop on the airplane waiting to land to grab that coconut cocktail, and the plane crashes.
Let's suppose it didn't crash and you come on the vacation, go for a swim and get eaten by a shark.

If someone told you that's what was going to happen - Are your broken legs a bad thing now?

We can't see the future. But we can think about how the bad thing that happened to us, could've actually been the best thing that happened to us. And little by little, change our perspective and how we react to things - hopefully being more positive

Stay positive, driven and keep spreading those good vibes! 💚 Love from positivity420