“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” - Marcus Aurelius
I’ve been sharing this blog for 4 months now, been writing for years in various forms but I made a commitment to being more open and vulnerable in many forms this year.
Sharing my opinion, not fact. Sharing my perspective, not the truth.
We all have an opinion and we all have varying perspectives, this blog is my story.
Life isn’t cookie cutter in the least, it’s entirely different from each and every perspective. Something seemingly one colour can appear another colour to everyone else who views it. A seemingly great experience could be an awful one from another perspective. A seemingly gloomy fall day may appear perfect to another’s opinion.
I write my opinion and perspective here as these lessons work for me, hoping that one individual can takeaway a lesson about living a life of harmony, balance, and positive mental health. Reaching the 2000 readers mark; some may have read and never came back, others may be intrigued from week to week, others may get a lesson from this and walk away.
I’m not an expert in any way, shape, or form, but I am someone who manages to harmonize my life and have managed to achieve some great things along the way.
We are inundated with opinions and perspectives on every topic imaginable. Filtering through those that fit our opinions and follow along with those that see our perspectives. We gravitate towards what we already know and understand, I’m just as guilty but try to remind myself constantly to be open to the other side. Stepping into the realm of vulnerability, in being open to new opinions and perspectives that don’t fit our own, it’s tough.
For the marathon I failed here. See I’m a little hard headed in some aspects, felt I knew what I was doing and could figure it all out. I didn’t properly seek out knowledge and opinions or perspectives from those who had actually accomplished what I wanted to accomplish. Proper homework. I also felt nobody was coming at the marathon from the same angle as me. I may have learned some really important lessons about a week before the marathon, through unsolicited advice but important advice I should have seeked out sooner, to listen to the opinion and perspective. No one succeeds alone. I did however know what my body was capable of, knew I could mentally find my way through the run and knew I had to be much more creative in my workout regime in order to continue harmony within all important aspects of my world. So I didn’t run long distances, didn’t follow a marathon training plan, didn’t alter my diet but cleaned it up a bit. I felt seeking out advice would open up naysayers to telling me I wasn’t going to accomplish this feat, I didn’t have the proper plan, had no business being out there.
Seek out those who have done what you want to do, then listen to the opinion and perspective. Filter through those perspectives with some openness to learning, you might learn a lesson or you might direct yourself to another avenue for more learning.
It’s tough to lose weight off advice from someone who has never lost weight, tough to learn about climbing the corporate ladder from someone who has never done so themselves, tough to learn lessons on being vulnerable from someone who has never been vulnerable themselves, tough to take parenting advice from someone who has never been a parent or been in your specific situation.
I’m simply sharing my opinion, my perspective as I’ve been there. It won’t work for everyone, we all have different obstacles and road bumps along the way but a bit of direction and advice will help iron out those common road bumps and help pave a path we can all come back to as we get sidetracked.
This is my path, my opinion, my perspective. Hopefully you’ve related to something so far, learned a lesson or heeded a reminder, and continue to read on to drive some positive change in your life.
DadBud
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