Keepin' it 'n perspective

Gaining or losing one's perspective at any particular moment, and whether or not we learn from these moments, dictates how all else will unfold thereafter.  Sports is a good example of this:  Learn an opponents tendencies and then take advantage of them.  Sounds easier in theory than it is in practice, for some people's tendencies are their strengths, and no matter what you do you can't stop them.  And so it is in all other aspects of life.  We of course gloss it all over with niceties and false expectations that themselves become a sort of asinine competition that shapes our lives.  But they are there and too must be kept in perspective.   This all came to mind as I found myself watching a program on the History Channel last night about Musashi Miyamoto.  

Musashi was one of the greatest warrior poets the world has ever seen.  He was truly a man's man and someone who, in my eyes, was worthy of learning more about.  His Book of Five Rings is filled with philosophical strategies that any person, male or female, would benefit from having read it at least once.

The reason I mention it at all is because Musashi's teachings about not losing ones view of the big picture in your life made me realize that I, at times, loose sight of the overall big picture in my life.  It's so easy to slip into the patterns of everyday with family or work or friends that their importance in the scheme of things can become skewed.  Each is important, and maintaining a proper balance can shift daily.  If there is not a proper balance, we might loose perspective. And if any of us want to reach our goals in due course than we must fight to keep all aspects of our lives in harmony. 

Thank you Musashi.

-aap