your daily rock : get perspective

September 8, 2013 in Daily Rock, General

When I was 16, I went on a plane ride for the very first time. Everything and everyone got really, really tiny as the plane ascended.

As simplistic as it sounds, it was a life-changing moment for me.

I had never had that kind of perspective.

And, of course, that plane had to land, and everything got big again. But once having seen how tiny we are, I couldn’t not know that.

And now, decades later, when I am triggered by someone or something, or anxious, or feeling hopeless, I close my eyes and imagine that plane ride–how amazing it was. And how perspective changes everything.

Today, take that flight. Get perspective.

Love,

(These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim Mailhot, aka The Rock Fairy.

About Patti Digh

Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.