perspective.

 I changed my MO (Method of Operation) most every Friday evening I go on a walk around campus along fairly well lighted areas... but not tonight.

I wandered off into the woods. I could see lightning in the far distance and I wanted to get to the top of the hills behind the school to get a better view. But remember how all those stories talk about the woods looking different and creepy at night? well they are true. An so I took off with a fair amount of naivety  :P nothing scary happened - some creepy lighting bugs - I didn't know they started this early so they caught me off guard, and a bobcat were the only bits of wildlife I saw.
But the beauty and fear really came from the trees and stars. Running through the woods at night is not the best idea but it does give an interesting perspective.
As I ran through the trees I started angling my head so I could see both the stars and the place where my flip flop protected shoes would land.
So the fear came because at this angle my side vision was blurred at best, so the trees and shadows played tricks. :(
but the beauty was in the changing of the sky. - Now then I am not crazy i know that they sky wasn't changing as I ran, but because my perspective was changing it looked a little different each moment.

In life, i think maybe the main reason why we as humans don't get along and often unintentionally hurt one another is because of differing perspectives. - Beyond that even if one does try to understand another perspective as we move through our rapid lives our perspectives change and so its super hard to really see things from someone else's eyes, and yet as a general rule we humans tend to assume that everyone else sees life the same way we do. So, it becomes a never ending cycle of expectancy of one thing and then pain of being let down - even though its really not anyone's fault.

Anyways, I saw a movie today. October baby - Its OK -  sad to most people and from my perspective painfully sad. I guess it really has been the biggest thing of today and kind of what started this whole blabering about views etc. Life is precious, but daunting, and is most definitively NOT like the movies (not even this one).

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
William James