Lent Day 6: It's all about Perspective

Have you ever noticed that it is easier to type when it is easier to think? I sit here a few minutes before 1 in the morning attempting to write a blog on perspective and it strikes me that it would be easier if I had a different perspective. Why perspective as a subject? Well it all comes down to an episode of the cartoon Arthur that Henry and I were watching this morning. I really like Arthur, it is a fun show with a great theme song and very practical stories. 

Speaking of the great theme song, here are the lyrics.

Everyday when you're walking down the street

And everybody that you meet

Has an original point of view

And I say HEY! (HEY!)

What a wonderful kind of day.

If you can learn to work and play

And get along with each other

You got to listen to your heart

Listen to the beat

Listen to the rhythm

The rhythm of the street

Open up your eyes

Open up your ears

Get together and make things better

By working together!

It's a simple message and it comes from the heart

Believe in yourself (in yourself)

cause that's the place to start (to start)

And I say HEY! (HEY!)

What a wonderful kind of day

If we can learn to work and play

And get along with each other.

Hey what a wonderful kind of day hey!

Anyway, one of the episodes that we were watching today was about perspective. It was Arthur's parents anniversary and everything went wrong, but even though the family's original plans fell to ruin they still found the silver lining of their day. His parents had a meaningful dinner, even though it wasn't duck. Arthur and D.W. found themselves enthralled with a radio drama rather than an episode of Bionic Bunny. In the end Arthur comes to the conclusion that spending time with his family is better than watching TV. Kind of ironic, but it dawns on me that a lot of us need to look for more silver linings in our life, I now I sure as heck do.

I think Jesus attempts to teach us a little perspective when he says, "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of it's own." [Matt. 5:34]

Lucy says it like this, "Never worry about tomorrow, Charlie Brown. Tomorrow will soon be today, and before you know it today will be yesterday."

The point, I think is that we need to attempt to look at our lives through the correct lens. If we constantly walk through life with our perceived notions of how the day should go we may miss the great things that just come up. 

John Lennon said it like this, "Life is what happens to you  while you're busy making other plans."

It has only been about 10 minutes but my head keeps getting a little foggier by the millisecond, which might be why I am quoting other people so much. On the other hand a guy could do worse than quoting John Lennon, Charles Schulz and Jesus.

Peace and Love,

Pastor K