Shifting Perspectives

Ever watch a child defy their parent?

Ever watch a child speak his/her mind?

Ever watch a child go running off into uncertain danger w/o a care in the world?

Ever watch a child be spontaneous and just laugh like crazy? (my favorite thing to do by the way)

Ever watch a child stand up to someone twice their size and say NO! ROFL!

Ever watch a child set a boundary with another child for taking their toy, and POP them? :) (funny, but not so funny)

Okay SUE get to the point! I AM!

Okay ... so... see how bold they are? Yes...

So I submit for your consideration to take pointers from the children for their boldness.

I submit that while some behaviors need to be tempered and taught ... that we're born with great spirit. Anything else in life that hinders that is all what?

Taught ... perceived, seen, beliefs develop, confidence is shaken, thoughts become uncertain etc.,

So... pretend ... for a moment you could rethink (and you can) all the things that you've come to believe today.

Take fear for example... fear, to me is taught. (unless being attacked, that's not the kind I'm talking about) ... look at that kid over there hanging perilously upside down on the monkey bars... "NO FEAR" ...

Mommy goes over there scared to death that the kids going to crack their head open ... fear is taught. Not to be mean ... of course. We want our childs brain in tact right? Of course we dooo... and as a mommy it's our thing to protect our children.

A child wants a cookie... they will sneak in that kitchen and swipe that cookie when you're not looking! Whut? You don't think so?

They make no apology even if they're caught! LOL ...

Are you following me? This is a thought process I've had that I wanted to share for a while... it's about redefining who we are... and I keep thinking about each of our life experiences to this point.

And how we dont have to do things the way we were taught really ... we can change these things at any time we want to...

You see?

Am I being clear? I'm really trying to be :)

Hindsight is NOT 20/20 ...

If you were to think back on any given situation, where one would say "Hindsight is 20/20" would you agree, on some level that we saw THEN what we see so clearly NOW but ignored it?

Does this make sense?

I submit for your thought processes, that hindsight is NOT 20/20 but we see things right up front, but chose to ignore the signs or what we are seeing.

We logic them away, we make excuses, we make allowances for certain things and give the benefit of the doubt, or we assume someone is just having a bad day ... things like this happen all the time.

So ... the thing is, hindsight is NOT 20/20 ... we saw it all along ... we kind of, perhaps ... wished it away.

Sometimes because we are taught to think logically and not go by our instincts.

Sometimes because perhaps we want something so badly we are willing to make trade offs where we should not.

Sometimes because we give "too much" of the benfit of the doubt in the hopes that we are wrong.

Sometimes, we haven't developed the confidence in ourselves to recognize when we've nailed something right on the head, and we doubt ourselves as to what we're truly seeing.

Sometimes... simply, we just make excuses for bad behavior.

BUT ... again, I submit, for your thought processes that Hindsight is NOT 20/20. Because if it were...we wouldn't see those things so clearly later.

We just dismissed them initially ... for other reasons.

So, I'd submit, for your thought processing pleasure ... if you'd like to build up your confidence in your intuition, and really pay attention (be consciously aware of things) you think about times when you may have said "hindsight is 20/20" and then take it one step further ... and admit to yourself...

That you saw it at the time, but chose to ignore it. However, on some level you were right on target with what you saw.

I'm not saying to beat yourself up over this ... I am saying to start giving yourself some credit for seeing things as they truly are. To be aware of things so that you don't have to say "hindsight is 20/20" ...

Am I being clear? I woke up way too early today, and I need a nap...

:)