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3 Reasons It’s Important to Look at the Big Picture
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by: Shannon Wills
My sister celebrated her 28th birthday a week ago, while we were on a holiday together with our spouses and children. She was cranky the entire morning – she snapped at us and shouted at the kids, so much so that we were wondering what had happened to make her react this way. Finally the truth was out – she was mad at our mother because she thought she had forgotten her birthday. Mom hadn’t forgotten; rather, she had been trying her cell phone all morning and was unable to get through because of either a weak signal or network congestion. But my sister refused to believe her and sulked all morning; worse, she remembered all the things that mom had not done for her – she forgot her anniversary, she chose me over her on many occasions, and so on and so forth. I tried to tell her to instead think of the big picture and forget the trivialities – how mom had been there for her when her oldest was born, how she took care of both of them as my sister went through postpartum depression and could not even feed her baby; how mom had put her life on hold for a few years to look after my sister’s children when she went back to school to earn a degree that she claimed could advance her professional career; and how mom had used her savings to provide for the children because my sister was going through a bad divorce at the time. She calmed down in a few minutes, and after an apology to mom, celebrated her birthday in style. That’s the reason why we must look at the big picture, the things that really matter in life. When we focus on the trivialities and forget what is really important:
Looking at the big picture helps you maintain perspective and lead a happy and contented life, at peace with yourself and those around you.
This guest post is contributed by Shannon Wills, she writes on the topic of Online Engineering Degrees. She welcomes your comments at her email id: shannonwills23@gmail.com. Contributor: Shannon Wills Published here on: 10-Jan-10 Classification: Development Website: http://toponlineengineeringdegree.com/ MSWord: 3 Reasons It’s Important to Look at the Big Picture.doc |
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