Walk in the Park

Today I began writing on a park bench in the warm sun of a crispy Sydney winter morning. At some point, the sun disappeared behind one of the skyscrapers and I stood up to walk across the park to sit down on another bench, which had just been exposed to the sun. As I sat down and looked up, I let my gaze wander around. I looked at the same park, only minutes after I had looked at it for the first time. The same park looked different. Instead of seeing a row of trees lined up from left to right they now stood in one line, one behind the other. None of these two perspectives is the correct one. Both are just as real even though they seem to be completely different. In the same way, we form beliefs and opinions. We form them from our point of view. Taking a snapshot in time with the information that was presented to us. Instead of having the wind blow straight into my face, on the second bench, it swirled around my body from behind. A change in perspective can shift your momentum completely. When we are acknowledging someone else's perspective it doesn't make our own wrong, it simply opens our minds up to possibilities. Even someone who has had a morally ‘wrong’ point of view can be understood. You might want to call them stuck. Maybe we can walk them across the park to a bench in the sun to take another look at how things are if we remain fluid with the ever-changing nature of life. If they decide to sit in the shade complaining about how cold the wind is, know you don't have to save everyone. In today’s world, people seem to be more concerned about their own opinion and the right to complain, than what is actually good. Becoming a stuck person can also happen to us if we think that the bench we sit on will forever be the only bench to sit on. The sun will turn and we have to continue to change perspective to remain In sync with life.