Perspective...using it...viewing it... doing it.

Life sucks, but ultimately you can turn it on its head and instantly make it better with PERSPECTIVE. Perspective is this magical cure-all idea that includes widening your mind and looking past what you see face value. For example, you just lost your leg in a car crash and initially you're devastated by the loss of such an important body part but with the miraculous use of perspective you are able to be thankful that you're solely alive and well. Perspective can be applied to all areas of life, not just life and death situations. I applied for Chapman two days ago, it is my top choice among universities and I am biting at the bit about the possibility of not being accepted. I am afraid I will have to tell everyone that I failed. But that's not the way to look at it because it just makes everything so sad and depressing. If I don't get into Chapman I want to tell myself that it's okay and that I am going to apply in Fall with a bigger and better application that includes a 2 minute zombie musical to explain my life. But hopefully they accept me because who wants to see half dead people dancing and trying to sing? Actually, I do :) It's okay to be sad because life is painful but at some point you have to use perspective to move on. In the end if it is not okay then it is not the end. We hold on to our hate, angst, sadness, pain and troubles because we need something to blame, something to point the finger at, something to take our mind off the real problem whatever it may be. So next time that things get bad I suggest using perspective to make things right. I am trying to move forward despite everything in my head that wants to hold me back. Life is about continuing the fight, once you give up you begin to fail. Keep fighting.