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March 12, 2008 The View from my room today . . . by Karin L. Nauber I had an insight the other day. Or perhaps it was an epiphany. An epiphany is a sudden intuitive leap of understanding, especially through an ordinary but striking occurrence. Well, the occurrence wasn't especially striking, but the realization that I developed was. It had to do with perspective. I think a lot about perspective because as some of you know, your perspective on a matter can change everything. Well, my particular epiphany occurred to me during the Bertha-Hewitt winter band concert. I wasn't feeling very well and was having a little trouble breathing. As those who know me will attest to, I think some strange thoughts at times. Well, my strange thought during the concert was this: What if I have a heart attack during the concert? I kind of snuck a glance around to see who I could pick out that I knew was on the ambulance crew. As I was peaking around, the thought occurred to me that had to do with perspective. I saw that many people in the audience were around my age or a bit older. I thought, if I did have a heart attack, most people in the audience would probably observe that I was "only 42." Then I looked at the band members and thought most of them would look at the same situation and think, "Some old lady had a heart attack during our concert." It always amazes me how perspective can change things. Maybe once in a while we should all try to see things from another person's point of view. It might change how we see things, too. |