Thanksgiving 2012
I love seeing the daily posts of
thankfulness on facebook, even from gratitude of the simplest cup of
coffee I love the outflow of gratefulness. I pondered wether to jump
onboard the 30 days of thanks and decided I would take a deeper look
inward. It goes without saying that I am truly I'm thankful for my
precious family, friends who have remained steadfast, and my faith in
my unfailing God. That being said, this Thanksgiving I am grateful
for discovering a key ingredient to maintaining an attitude of
gratefulness; perspective.
Perspective is a little thing that
makes a HUGE difference in the outcome of my everyday life. I
recently photographed a wedding with another photographer, which was
a blast by the way. So as I was photographing, my fellow
photographer was photographing the same individuals from a different
angle. When it was time to go through the images, I was awed by the
results. It was fresh and alive and the emotion from those moments
were captured from two different perspectives.
This perspective principle is something
I have truly focused on this past year in my own personal life.
Challenges face us no matter who you are or how hard you try to be
prepared for whatever life brings you. I have found that choosing my
perspective on a situation is critical to the outcome. I have to say
that some perspectives only magnify the negative in a situation and
sometimes the best perspective is from the back; when it is further
off in the distance only then will the true perspective come into
clear focus.
My
faith is a huge guide in finding my perspective, I love what the
bible says in Romans 8:28 And
we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those
who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
Life happens and deals you things that you never dreamed of
sometimes for the better and sometimes for what seems to be the
worst. However, in the worst situations, I have learned so much
about myself, and who I really am that I can't really wish that those
things never happened, because without those yucky situations I would
not be writing this today. I wouldn't have needed to pursue a new
perspective and would have remained the same.
So
this thanksgiving, I'm thankful for finding a new perspective.
Happy Thanksgiving,
Heidi
