You know what they say about trying to please everyone...about how that's impossible? Well, I suppose it is. After all, everyone seems to have some enemies, some haters. Let me take the example of myself- I have friends, I have enemies. Or take the example of a man who nearly everyone knows- Mahatma Gandhi. While my entire nation seems to respect him, let us not overlook the fact that even he was shot dead by one of his fellowmen.
So why is that? Why is it that no one manages to please everyone? I believe its because of one thing which differs in everyone- perspective.
Any situation can be twisted by its viewers according to their perspective. Its up to you- whether you want to see the glass as half-full or half-empty. The reason interaction with others often makes us wiser is because it allows us to see things from a different perspective, which we may not even understand, but is important all the same.
Basically, any situation can be made from good to bad, or bad to good, depending on the way you look at it. The power of speech, which every politician, every leader and every revolutionary uses, works only if you force the people to look at the situation from a particular perspective. Perspective is an aspect of the human mind which is so simple, yet so deep that it has the power to alter reality. Yes, alter reality. Because a change of this perspective is what calms down a panicking person, fills a person devoid of hope with the energy to fight, and causes the most violent, impulsive person to analyse a problem coolly.
So try to get different perspectives of a situation before judging it. No perspective is right or wrong. The glass is both half-empty, and half-full. Yet it is important to form a perspective, so why not form one which would yield the best results?
Basically, any situation can be made from good to bad, or bad to good, depending on the way you look at it. The power of speech, which every politician, every leader and every revolutionary uses, works only if you force the people to look at the situation from a particular perspective. Perspective is an aspect of the human mind which is so simple, yet so deep that it has the power to alter reality. Yes, alter reality. Because a change of this perspective is what calms down a panicking person, fills a person devoid of hope with the energy to fight, and causes the most violent, impulsive person to analyse a problem coolly.
So try to get different perspectives of a situation before judging it. No perspective is right or wrong. The glass is both half-empty, and half-full. Yet it is important to form a perspective, so why not form one which would yield the best results?
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