perspective.

everyone knows the whole "some people see the glass as half empty, and some people see the glass as half full" analogy. personally, i believe that the saying is way too overused and a little bit annoying. but that doesn't really matter right now. anyways, the saying is trying to make the point that every situation can change depending on how you look at it. depending on your perspective. 

i think a simple definition of perspective is "how you view things". that definition is general and unspecific, but i feel like perspective is not something that can be confined to a strict definition. because perspective is so varied, it's definition must be varied too. it cannot be contained within the confining bounds of a few meaningless words. to me, perspective is so much more than that. 

 i don't care what your perspective is. i don't care who helped you gain your perspective in life. i don't care if you have the same perspective as me. i don't care if our perspectives are polar opposites. I don't care. everyone is entitled to their own perspective, and I believe that everyone should have the chance to explore and gain their own perspective. 

the thing about perspective is, it influences everything. Everything that has happened, and everything that will happen. unknowingly, people's perspectives rule over every part of people's lives like a tyrannical dictator. perspective influences every thought we think, every word we say, everything thing we do. perspective literally controls our lives. we live at the mercy of our perspective. our life can be as amazing or as horrible as we want it to be. our perspective decides for us. it takes the steering wheel of our lives and drives us to be the people we are. it drives us to make the decisions we make. without realizing it, people have given control of their lives to their own perspective. we live as slaves to our perspective.

but what if we change our perspective? is that possible? or is perspective something that we are born with? think about your perspective on life. think about how it controls you. just try and think about how a change in perspective could change your life.