Life is about perspective and how you look at something... ultimately, you have to zoom out. Whitney Wolfe Herd
This month NASA revealed the first images from the James Webb telescope. Conceived in the 1980’s by forward thinking scientists seeking to explore the infrared spectrum it was launched in December 2021 into a solar orbit.
This project required insatiable curiosity, imagination, forward thinking, meticulous planning, perseverance and determination. They said at launch 344 things could go wrong. None did. All the deep space images will be accessible to scientists around the world to share the knowledge, beauty and mystery of our universe dating back billions of years before earth even existed. Putting earth into this perspective is humbling at best.
Perspective is everything when you are experiencing the challenges of life. Joni Eareckson Tada
In NLP time line therapy we zoom out to perceive our situation in third person. If you feel overwhelmed close your eyes and imagine viewing your situation as if watching a movie, then keep zooming out until you are looking at planet earth from afar, keep zooming u