Big is simply a matter of perspective. To an ant, we are big. To a mountain, we are very, very small.

The same with age.  When I was 5, a 20 year-old was soooo old and mature.   Now… not so much.    Now I think a 60 year-old has a long life ahead of them… because as I near that age I choose to believe it to be so.

Perspective

I used to think there was one “good” answer.  I was always striving to find that one perspective that trumped all others.  I am now only beginning to appreciate the fullness of what it means to accept that there are multiple perspectives, and that they are all “good”.  They are all valid.   As an example, 10 people could witness a car crash, and you would have 10 different perspectives of what happened.  A car crash is an emotional event.  It leaves impressions.    People who identify as mothers would think of their “babies”.  People who identify as pedestrians would think of speed and carelessness.   People who identify as drivers may try and figure out who was right or wrong and what can be learned from the experience.   Paramedics would focus on who was injured.  Everyone has their own job to do.  And our perspectives are moulded by what we care the most about and how we perceive ourselves and our role in any given situation.

Pick One

The key, as we navigate the earth plane, is not to debate which perspective is the “right” one.  It is a battle one can never win.   The key is simply to pick one.  For now.  To work with.  And, if that one doesn’t work for you, pick another one.  There are so many.  The choice can be difficult.  Sometimes it can be downright overwhelming.   But you must stop deliberating and just pick one.  Or your life will stall.  And you won’t be able to move forward.

That’s how it is, life on the earth plane.   In order to function we need to make decisions.   In the past, there was a lot of pressure on us to “stand by our choices”.   Like we would never get another choice again in our lives.  This put so much pressure on the decision maker.   Under these circumstances, one must make the “right” choice, or none at all.   This is debilitating for a society.   This is why it seems nothing ever gets done.  Nobody wants to make a decision if they have to stick by it for the rest of their life.   How do we learn?  How do we grow?

Why the Government is so Ineffective

This is exactly how the government works.  Noone in the government feels they are paid nearly enough to make any of those “tough” choices.   Why would they?  Make a wrong choice and your name is mud, and you’ll never work again.  Why would you ever, even for one second, consider sticking your neck out and make any decisions whatsoever?   The rewards are few, the punishment great.

Nobody who works for the government wants to sign anything.  Everything must be studied by committee.  And studied again.  Document.  Document.  Document.   But I would offer that it not the individual who works for the government who is really to blame.  It is the reward/punishment system that is a play.  Humans are very adaptive creatures.  They will learn the rules and they will adapt.  Or they will not survive.  At least that is what they have been taught to believe.

But We are Individuals

We have free choice.   And we want our lives to work.  We don’t want to get bogged down in some bureaucratic quagmire.  So we must make choices.  We must make decisions.  We must take action.  We must be willing to make mistakes.  We must be willing to try again.  Think of a kid learning to ride a bike.  They never get it right the first time.  They wobble a bit.  Maybe they even fall off.  But they get back on.  And they ride it again.  That’s what we have to do.

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