When You Change the Way You Look at Things

Unique Perspectives: When You Change the Way You Look at Things

By Kim Stevens

If you could change any negative experiences from your past, would you do it?

It might seem like magic (and really, it sort of is) but there’s a way to change your future … and your past. Wayne Dyer said it best: “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”

It’s why I’m on a lifelong pursuit to accumulate and share unique perspectives with the world. I’ve seen first-hand how a new perception can completely alter what happens next, and rewrite the history of my life. Armed with a new perspective, everything is different. The world can appear so dark with one perspective and completely bright with another.

Did anything really change?

No.

But the way I look at what’s all around me shifted, and that changes everything.

There was a traumatic event in my past that was always cloaked in shadows of guilt and regret. The story was deeply upsetting, and it was a narrative I’d told myself over and over again for decades. Then, I met with a holy man who gave me a new perspective, and with it came an entirely new way of looking at the event. Suddenly, I felt lighter. Different.

Exhilarated. Free.

When I changed the way I looked at things, everything around me changed. My future changed and in a magical way, so did my past. I was – and still am – a completely different person. A discernible shift happened in me and because of it, I was able to perceive the world around me differently.

Changing the way I look at things is what I’ve had to be the most disciplined about in my journey of personal development. I don’t wildly change my actions or my lifestyle. Instead, I notice that the right actions arise from an aligned perspective. It will illuminate places once filled with gloom, and help me see the light.