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The way we see it - penelope - 23-10-2005
The eye doctor instructed her patient to read a chart on the wall. He looked at it and read, "A, B, F, N, L and G."
The doctor turned the light back on and wrote in her notebook.
"How'd I do, Doc?" the patient wondered.
She replied, "Let's put it this way -- they're numbers."
"But Doc," he argued, "this is the way I see it!"
Much of our happiness or unhappiness is a result of our perception. "This is the way I see it," we say, at least to ourselves.
A problem can be a challenge that energizes me to action or an obstacle that stops further progress. "This is the way I see it."
A new situation can be fearful or fun. "This is the way I see it."
A busy day can be cause for gladness that life is full and useful, or it can be a reason for me to complain. "This is the way I see it."
An unexpected intrusion can be a source of irritation that my agenda was interrupted, or it can quite possibly be the most important thing I encounter that day. "This is the way I see it."
An error can be the beginning of a new learning or an occasion to berate myself. "This is the way I see it."
Holidays can be times of anxiety and stress or times to seek solitude and contentment. "This is the way I see it."
It's not always about what is happening to me -- it's about the way I see it.
Marcel Proust observed that "the real voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." It's the way we see it.