changing the way we look at things

When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

I heard an interview with Dr. Wayne Dyer the other day and he talked about growing up in an orphanage and how he welcomed another little girl to the home early on. He remembered her sobbing uncontrollably but instead of leaning into her sadness of leaving her family, Wayne playfully said, "it's really great here. There are no parents, so you can do whatever you want."

Instead of wishing his parents were around, Wayne chose to see the freedom in growing up in an orphanage. I'm sure it wasn't all sunshine and roses, but Wayne talked about how he chose to focus on only the good things and how that affected his life.

And the story made me think... how often do we lean into the sadness and loss of something? How often do we feel paralyzed by fear? How often do we buy into scarcity? How often do we decide we're not enough?

What if we could instead see the beauty in our circumstance? What if we could see the freedom and fun? What if we could see the opportunity rather than the problem? What if we could see our own power and abundance? What if we knew, deep down, that we're worthy and enough right now?

Would we stop crying in the orphanage? Would we start seeing the possibilities? Would we laugh more? Would we take ourselves so seriously?

What would you change about the way you see things?

For me, I've changed the way I see myself in pictures. Instead of zooming in and criticizing what I don't like, I remind myself of how I was feeling or what memory I was making in the moment the picture was taken. Because remembering those moments is so important to me. And being present in the situation is way more important than what my body might look like.

So what would you change? Let me know below!