{"id":2517,"date":"2013-08-27T15:00:51","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T22:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthewliberty.com\/?p=2517"},"modified":"2013-08-27T15:00:51","modified_gmt":"2013-08-27T22:00:51","slug":"perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threeadventure.com\/matthewliberty\/2013\/08\/27\/perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a world with limitless possibility, endless opinions, and multiple ways to skin a cat\u2026why do we choose to hold on so tightly to our one, single perspective?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We take the same route to work each day.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 103px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/86624586@N00\/10174440\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured\" title=\"aristotle_tall\" alt=\"aristotle_tall\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/7\/10174440_80ab6a311e_m.jpg\" width=\"103\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aristotle (Photo credit: kevinzim)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We sit in the same chair in the living room each day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We think our political party is always right.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We think our religion is right.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We take a shower at the same time each day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We go to the same grocery store every time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We have the same opinions we did yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This world is too big and has too many opportunities for us to think one way. All I\u2019m saying is that I think we owe it to ourselves to push the boundaries we hold on to so tightly. If you sit in a different chair in your living room you have a new and different perspective. If you take a different route to work you gain new perspective. Every time you read a new book you gain perspective.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m all for letting go a little bit more and trying to seek out a new perspective.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Even if you come back to your perspective it\u2019s okay\u2026but give something different a try.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it\u201d ~ Aristotle<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At least entertain it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px;height: 15px\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none;float: right\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=9825604f-a239-4a16-ade4-23f2447afe56\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a world with limitless possibility, endless opinions, and multiple ways to skin a cat\u2026why do we choose to hold on so tightly to our&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-random-thoughts","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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