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Heartwings Love Notes 790 - A shift in Perspective Helps Us see Better

Heartwings says, "Depending on Perspective, Viewpoints Can change"

When I tell people I am a writer, they often ask me what I write. If I say I write essays, it sounds as though I am writing from a
scholarly point of view. If I say I do inspirational writing, it sounds as though I am coming from a religious perspective. In truth, what I
am doing in my love notes or columns is simply to present a different or alternative point of view from that which some might take
about any given situation or experience. I write to be helpful, but it is self help I am writing about. Helping others to help themselves
is my goal.

There is little we can do about circumstances. Daily life presents us with issues and difficulties we must deal with. The school of
experience is our ever-present teacher, one we cannot escape no matter what we do. I've often felt that maturity or adulthood truly
begins when we're willing to learn from this teacher rather than moan, groan and feel as though we are victims of circumstance or
those who might perpetrate it. It is a lot easier to complain than it is to "bite the bullet" and admit there might be something to learn
from a situation.

I believe the expression "bite the bullet" comes from battlefield medicine when in the days gone by the surgeon had to amputate or
otherwise operate without anesthesia. After whiskey was poured liberally into the patient, a bullet was put between his jaws to bite
down on as a way to keep from crying out. Whether this is actually true or not it makes a good metaphor. When our focus is put not
on complaint or disappointment but on what can be gained from whatever is happening to us, coping becomes easier and wisdom
more accessible.

In my own life right now I am dealing with a change in lifestyle and a need to take better care of myself. I have learned that much of
what I used to take for granted, I no longer can. Exercise is not an option it is a necessity. I need to do additional work on my body
to restore it to better working order. I could complain, or even bemoan my fate. Instead I rejoice that I now have a good way to lose
weight, that I can become stronger and healthier with effort and that it is good and helpful to be made to do that. Therefore I bless
these circumstances and state firmly that I am exceedingly grateful for them.

May you find ways to put your potentially negative circumstances to a good and positive use.
 

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Blessings and Best Regards,
Tasha Halpert
 

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