for the past year i have been in love with a bed that is sold at urban outfitters...it's really just a headboard, but i simply adore it. i pull it up online every once in a while- and dream how i would change the look of my room (and, maybe even my life!!) if i owned it. i stare, and then i practically remind myself that i have a perfectly good bedroom set that is meeting my needs-i may not love it- but, it's material, so i'm not supposed to love it anyway, right? subtly, the way i felt about my own furniture drastically changed- i went from liking my set, to being indifferent about it, to really disliking it...it was the same, i was different.
a few days ago my wonderful, supportive, and stylish husband suggested that we list our current set on craig's list- "give it a shot, if it sells- great! use the money to buy what we want- if it doesn't sell, we'll keep what we have." so, we made the bed (which we do each morning)-but we took a little extra time-making it look just so, we fluffed the pillows bigger, took the books off our side tables and then we snapped the picture. as i looked at the picture displayed on the back of my camera, my perspective changed...i liked my furniture in the picture, it looked simple and nice..it was the same, i was different.
since then, i've been thinking some about perspective and how the accuracy of mine is within my power...that's really neat, and scary.
5 comments:
How very insightful and thought-provoking! That's probably something I should spend a little more time pondering.
amazing insight. thanks for sharing. I thought of you this morning when I was brushing my teeth. The hot water in our house takes forever to get where it needs to be (aka my bathroom). I waited for the warm water to come out of the faucet and thought it came unusually quickly. Then I realized it was because it was so stinking cold in my bathroom that the water actually felt warmer than normal. Perspective. :)
nikki, i absolutly LOVE that you are in my life! what would I do with out your thought out words, great since of humor and outstanding humble character? I love what you have to say! thank you for challenging me.
This one just moved up to my favorite one! Love that you wrote about that. I honestly don't think taking a picture of mine would help me with what I picked out in 1992!!
ditto to all these responses... love that you see the Godly in the daily. You inspire me, amiga.
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