Perspective and proximity, danger and opportunity

 

 

 

I love taking photos, and sometimes playing with them in Photoshop. It's interesting how you can change a message as you adjust a photo. For example, in the first of the attached pictures, even though the quality is poor there is nothing apparent to cause concern. But pulling back a little shows that I am standing near the edge of a large cliff. Further perspective shows that it's the Half Dome in Yosemite, and I'm standing near a sheer vertical drop of over 2000 feet.

From where I was standing as the photo was taken, it really didn't look at all risky. There was even a step down that I could have taken to be closer to the edge. But of course, even from where I was, a slight stumble or misstep could have been disastrous.

I'm sure there have been other times in my life (and each of our lives!) when I was truly within inches or seconds of tragedy but did not realize it; we #GiveThanks for each new day of opportunities, for intuition and promptings that keep us safe and alive.

The parallel principle is that many times in life, we are inches or seconds away from an opportunity that could bring us greater joy or fulfillment than we could have imagined, but don't realize it! Perhaps it's a person we might have interacted with that could have a profound influence in our life. Perhaps it's an opportunity to serve or help that could have made a great difference to someone. Perhaps it's a business opportunity, or a learning opportunity, or a life-changing experience of any kind. Many times we do listen to intuition and promptings and those experiences or those relationships become key in our lives. We should seek to do that more!