Happy Bit: Perspective

Vibrant Happy Women

Jen Riday

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🗓️ 16 August 2016

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Facing a problem? Learn how to zoom out, then zoom in to gain some perspective.

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0:00.0	Hey there, Jen here, and this is a happy bit. Oftentimes, when we face problems in life, we just don't know how to get through them or what to do.
0:09.5	We hem and ha and wonder and try to decide and ask for advice, and we kind of get lost in the problem.
0:16.7	I want to challenge you this week or the next time you face a challenge or a difficulty to gain
0:23.0	perspective. There are two exercises I want to challenge you to try. The first one would be to gain a
0:29.7	bigger picture perspective. Imagine you are going back, back, back, up, up, through the sky,
0:35.4	through the atmosphere of the earth, all the way back to
0:38.3	about the level of the moon, allowing yourself to see the entire planet. Look down at where you live.
0:45.5	You can see your home state and imagine where your city might be. And just look there and think about
0:50.6	your problem. And suddenly it won't seem so big. And perhaps the stress will melt
0:56.3	away and you'll be able to see the answer or away through that problem. Or simply have less
1:02.2	stress surviving that problem. Now let's move in the opposite direction. I want you to magnify something.
1:09.0	Zoom in on anything that's around you, perhaps a bird outside
1:13.9	your window or a blade of grass or a little bug or your daughter's eyelashes.
1:19.6	Zoom in on something and contemplate the sheer majesty and amazingness of that one thing.
1:27.4	And suddenly, again, your problem won't seem like such a big
1:31.2	deal when you can be mindful of the beauties around you. So go ahead and give those two exercises a try
1:37.4	next time you face a problem or sometime this week when you feel stressed and make your life a
1:42.3	little happier. Take care.
1:57.2	Thanks for listening to the Vibrant Happy Women Podcast at www.com.com.

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