Keeping a bigger perspective

A lot of times it's easy to get caught up in our own situation and we lose sight of the bigger picture. It's easy to get caught up in our emotions and forget the grander scheme of things. Yet the scary thing is that included in the bigger perspective is what really matters: everything besides myself.

That is why we should constantly train ourselves to keep a bigger perspective in whatever we do. Usually we focus inwardly when we face overwhelming challenge - or on the other extreme when we feel complete self-satisfaction. It is the two fogs of self-pity and arrogance that come and block our view of what we should be focused on, that keeps us from fulfilling our higher calling.

Boulder River trail, WA - Dec 15, 2014

We can fight this self-centered perspective by always remembering to be grateful for all that we've been given, that we definitely didn't deserve or earn, but was given to us. And thus we can be humbled to always recognize the bigger perspective, and offer our lives for a meaningful purpose that benefits the whole.