The Higher Your Vantage Point

Have you ever found yourself wondering why certain people whose lives by comparison of your own seem to have a better outlook on life? For instance an disabled man who seems to be overly positive about all that life has to offer even though menial task which you take for granted are unavailable or difficult for him.  Ones perspective on life of coarse as we all know makes all the difference in ones quality of life, which makes it important to know why one persons is great and the other can't seem to make it out of their own shell.
Life as we know was never meant to be easy and seemingly the harder it is for the individual the more the person accomplishes in the end.  In thinking of the differences between the one whose perspective is a negative one and the one that is quite the opposites we can think of these perspectives as being from different vantage points.  For instance us who walk on the ground as God intended with nothing but our legs, would have a much different vantage point then one who walks around on stilts.  Sure the person on the stilts life may be much more difficult then ours but they are able to see the path in front of them much more clearly than those of use who reside on the ground.  Elaborating more on this same topic and thinking more on it in depth one must conclude that it is the difficulty of these individuals lives that in and of itself leads to this higher vantage point.  It is this same vantage point that makes their lives though they may not accomplish as much as the rest of us in earthly terms of life makes them feel more fulfilled with the lives they lived. Doing something that challenges yourself, standing on these stilts even though it is difficult sticking to whatever it is until your accomplish what you set out to makes the journey all the more full-feeling when the journeys over.  For in life as in sports, the higher the degree of difficulty the action you have performed is the more the sense of satisfaction which is gained after you have accomplished your task. As the man walking on stilts bares the pain and burden of walking on the stilts, he has also paid the price which needs to be paid for the higher vantage point which enlightens us all.   

Building what we Burn

As the new year starts we find ourselves reflecting on our past year and deciding which of our past years goals we can build and which ones it would be better for us to burn.  For all of our dreams at the beginning of last year some we have fulfilled some we are in the mix of making a reality, while others it would probably be better if we put to the flame and started over for lives change in a year our perception of attainable and meaningful goals change.  For through the year  some of our efforts will have proved fruitful while others will have  been in vain  and in there place others must spring up to replace and keep our lives moving forward.
For whatever reason some of our goals for the last year fell on the wayside and were neglected or forgotten, but does that mean they were not good goals in the first place.  I heard on the radio the other day a man was talking about how people should only set goals which reinforce our strengths instead of trying to make a weakness a strength, in a sense building on existing buildings.  This however I feel is a little short sided and neglects what actually leads to one achieving a goal which is hard work and not whether something is easy or not, which of coarse is a deterrence but not a deal breaker.  One can achieve nearly any goal if the proper force and effort is exerted in that direction however in some cases one has to rely on chance for their ultimate goal to be achieve in which case one should be ready to set fire to it come next year.
One shouldn't worry to much about having to burn down something they spent there year building for as in nature ashes make good nutrients to feed the goals which will some day take there place .  Skills acquired in pursuit of a goal will stay with you as tools in your tether which can be used to surmount other goals.  So as one puts there eyes to the future whilst burning some of there past intention it is better to focus on what was accomplished than what wasn't after all even fully completed buildings are set ablaze to give rise to new ones
 which will someday take there place.