My first sociology class last semester contained this statement so much I thought I might scream. Perspective! How we look at things depends on where we stand. Righto then.
It is true though, how we look at others, at ourselves, at situations all depends on what side of the fence we are on, how we have seen things in the past. Perspective can be difficult to keep in check too. I mean that sometimes we are so clouded by our own perspective that we don't look at it from others. It seems like a pretty normal thing to do, after all we have all done it at one time or another. It can be detrimental to only look at things one sided, and although I often forget this I was reminded of this fact this week.
Thanks to those who have reminded me in many different ways to keep looking, to keep things in perspective, but to remember there are others.
So my tip for this week is to take a step back, get a wider view, you might be surprised by what you see.
But "keep things in perspective" and "look at it from their perspective"...can mean the same thing as each other, and also the opposite thing. I am constantly having to remind myself to do both of these things in my job.
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