I woke up after nightfall of rain to a damp and far cooler morning. It was the weather that yearned for the warmth of one’s bed. While going through the morning coffee ritual, I shared a thought aloud: ‘it’s a miserable morning.’ And so I began to live it, the morning I had described.
A few hours later, the mailman stopped by the front door to deliver a package. We shared pleasant greetings, and as he was leaving, he looked up at the sky and remarked, ‘Can you believe this?’
I fully anticipated his response as I felt the gray damp smother me.
‘Is it not such a wonderful day!’ he said, smiling and looking up.
Waving farewell, I pondered on that same day and began to appreciate the vibrancy of the weather and noted the sun piercing through the dense velvet clouds, the trees and grass glistening with droplets, and small animals scurrying about.
It was the same day, and yet it was not. A different perspective changed the view I was holding onto and began to bring in the vitality and beauty on offer.
Don’t we all get caught up in our views? Something is not good enough or is not complete as we want it, the challenges ahead of us, or the errant individual we need to address. Yet, in each situation, there is so much we can be pleased with. Same situation and person, an alternate outlook. And ultimately, it is all of our choosing.
