I particularly love the part of the drive home where I'm on the Gardiner, swing around just past Jameson and into view comes the city skyline, all the condos and the gloriousness of the CN Tower. For those who aren't from here, the CN tower it's this massive pointy tower that is probably the most well known part of the Toronto skyline (shown here from below)...
What I find interesting is that as I drive from our place heading West, the tower certainly stands out, but doesn't look that much taller than the other buildings. Coming back though (driving East), it towers (no pun intended) above the rest of the skyline... significantly. Of course, it's all perspective, but it amazes me the perspective can make that much difference.
It got me thinking - how much do we over or underestimate the size of things in our lives because of false perspective? Sometimes we may look at something and be deceived that it's not as big a deal as it actually is - or we look at some issues from a different perspective and they seem more intimidating than they really are?
I'm sure that people who understand perspective better than me would have better perspective (this time, that was intended...!) to explain it all, but it's worth thinking...
Are there areas of my life that are playing a more or less significant role than they should be?
If I looked at certain areas of my life with a different mindset or from a different angle, would that change how I felt about them?
Is there someone else in my life that maybe already has a different perspective to me, who could help me view things in a new way?
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