perspective

perspective is everything in life. it can make the difference between good and bad, love and hate, laughing or crying, contentment or discontent.

looking in from the outside, you don't really see what's transpiring. you see the movement, the mouths talking, the gestures, the sights, colors. but ultimately it's all muted. it's like a TV with no sound and in black and white. you can see what's going on, maybe make and assessment and be correct bases on what you're seeing. or, you could be wrong altogether, the actons leading to an unknown conclusion, an unexpected ending to a 30 minutes of movement.

a smiling woman can look beautiful and happy, interact, be sucessful, yet, what lies behind the smile? look closely at the eyes. there is no smile there, ony a longing to tell secrets, purge herself of what's locked inside her.

the joking man, friends with all, hides so much. pain emanates through ever pore and every day is a challenge to survive and stay afloat, ahead of the game. look carefully at his hands. do they shake every so slightly? his evasive eyes, do they share his humor?

if you change places at a table in a room, will you be in a better place? will the loud diminish? will you be able to talk to the person you enjoy conversing with in ease? do you escape the loud-mouth chatting incessantly about his accomplishments? does it become better or can you still hear the loud-mouth? does your friend really want you sit near? did moving at the table work to your advantage?

perspective is a one-way street. there is no way to see what's really going on in the mind. don't ever assume someone's got it better than you. watch them closely and you'll see what i see. and then shame yourself for being you.

what about the vortex? it seems an unlikely word. yet, so applicable. it's a void of negative energy. to be in the vortex is painful. lyrics from the smashing pumpkins' "bullet with butterfuly wings" come to mind: "the world is a vampire/set to drain."

don't the vortex power over you or it will overtake you. if you realize where you are, you can grip the edges and ease out of it. but, if you wait too long, way too long, you'll never get out. never.

to gain full knowledge of the vortex, it's good to have perspective. gain it, learn it, follow it, embrace it. perspective will teach you how good it is. perspective will help form the lines and boundaries that help keep the sane sane and leave the insane insane a distance away.

perspective, my friends, is what you get when you reach that place when you can smile and it touches your eyes because you know; humor is funny because you know of it; sit at any chair in the room and it matters not, the view's all good, the friends all good, the loud-mouth muted.

para cantar usa tu corazon
para hablar usa mente
para ver usa alma
los colores vienes en diferentes tipos
mira los colores de tipos brillantes
te ensiegan, pero de dijan con sonriesa
es todo.
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