I was hanging out with one of my poppets earlier this week and we were talking about perspectives. During part of our time together, we read The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. It's written from the perspective of the Big Bad Wolf...who contends that he was simply trying to borrow a cup of sugar from his piggy neighbors...and that he had a cold, which prompted the huffing and puffing that preceded a SNEEZE...which blew down those houses. (He also admits that he ate the little pigs....but that's neither here nor there.)
I'm not sure if you've ever heard the adage "there are three sides to every story: his, hers, and the truth." The thing about it is, we each encounter situations and may experience the same situation differently than those around us. Our experiences build our perceptions of what happened...and our perceptions become our reality. And that's the reality from which we operate. It sets the stage for how we might react--or respond--to a situation.
We've probably all seen what happens when those perceptions collide and conflict erupts. We all (kids and adults) need to learn to recognize that we may have different perspectives on a situation--and that's OK. But we also need to learn to listen to the other person's perspective...to try to see the situation from someone else's point of view. When we can do that, it is often much easier to talk about and work through our differences or any conflict that may arise. We are less likely to take things personally or, if we do, we can start to let some of those things go and really hear where another person is coming from.
Perspecticles.
I'm not sure if you've ever heard the adage "there are three sides to every story: his, hers, and the truth." The thing about it is, we each encounter situations and may experience the same situation differently than those around us. Our experiences build our perceptions of what happened...and our perceptions become our reality. And that's the reality from which we operate. It sets the stage for how we might react--or respond--to a situation.
We've probably all seen what happens when those perceptions collide and conflict erupts. We all (kids and adults) need to learn to recognize that we may have different perspectives on a situation--and that's OK. But we also need to learn to listen to the other person's perspective...to try to see the situation from someone else's point of view. When we can do that, it is often much easier to talk about and work through our differences or any conflict that may arise. We are less likely to take things personally or, if we do, we can start to let some of those things go and really hear where another person is coming from.
Perspecticles.