Perspective
Posted on | July 31, 2008 |
There’s a short zen story that I told my dad once…and he never seems to have forgotten it. It’s a parable about someone in a valley, to whom everything looks big. And someone on a mountain top, to whom everything looks small. In reality, there is no difference between what they see…just their perspective.
A few months back I posted saying ZenMastering would donate 10% of its gross income (until the end of 2008) to the American Red Cross. I take care of this at the end of each month, and as I was handling it this morning it reminded me of this zen story.
Everyone has problems they have to deal with, and a lot of times we focus on our own problems and forget to look at the big picture. I recently had a bad day and, as usual, overreacted to a pretty minor situation (in the scheme of things). However, when some people have bad days it’s really a life-changing event. They may face death, destruction…or losing everything due to natural and/ or political events around the world.
So, if you’ve ever considered donating money to a charity, I will reinfoce my earlier post and encourage you to lend a hand through the American Red Cross.
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