An interesting thing happened yesterday on my way to Starbucks for my morning triple-grande no-whip mocha – and I thought I’d share it with you to illustrate an important principle.
While on my way for my daily caffeine infusion, I happened to stop at an intersection that is usually a green light, but yesterday it happened to be red. As I was waiting for the light to turn, I glanced out the window to my left and noticed on a hilltop (about a mile away) a big, beautiful white house on the side of the hill.
What’s so interesting about a white house you ask?
Actually, the house itself wasn’t all that interesting. What I found more interesting was that I had never noticed it before. Even though I have driven this particular road HUNDREDS of times over the last 12 years, I have never, ever noticed the beautiful white house on the side of the hill.
Never new it even existed. Never even crossed my mind to think about whether or not any houses were built on that side of that hilltop. And yet that big, beautiful white house has been there for who knows how long, without my knowing.
So what’s the principle you ask?
The principle is that perspective means everything when it comes to living life. How you and I see things, and what goes on in our minds each day, plays a HUGE role in how we live our lives – and the quality of life we live.
The big white house has been on the hill for quite a while, but it wasn’t until I stopped today, turned my head in the right direction, and focused my attention on the hilltop, that I noticed it. Even though I have traveled the same path for years and years, it wasn’t until today, with the right set of circumstances and the proper PERSPECTIVE (view of things), that the house came in to view.
The question that follows is, “How many opportunities in life might you be missing because of your perspective?”
Are you running on auto-pilot (like I am most days when I drive that stretch of road) and possibly missing out on the great opportunities that exist for you both personally and professionally? Opportunities that are available to you if you would just stop, catch your breath for a minute, and take a look around with a clear mind and a fresh perspective.
I encourage you, as we move into a brand new year, to open yourself to the possibility that great opportunities exist for you… if you are willing to notice and pursue them.
~ Dave
*** Why the weird photo? Because it’s a negative exposure of a pic Alexander took while we were at Em’s game…a different perspective than we’re used to seeing. 
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