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Sarah gets to bed later than usual Sunday night due to a surprise visit from family.  She is so blessed to have a close knit family that is there for each other no matter what.

She had a night full of interrupted sleep.  Yes, her husband keeps her awake often from his snoring, but she would rather listen to that every night as opposed to him not being there.  Her kids wake her frequently, but she doesn’t mind.  They tried for 15 years unsuccessfully to get pregnant, when they finally did.

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Let’s talk about an example on perspective.

Sarah gets to bed later than usual Sunday night, due to a surprise visit from her brother and his family.  She has a night full of interrupted sleep.  As if her husband snoring in her ear isn’t bad enough, all four of her kids woke her up at one point or another.

The cat jumped on her twice and the dog barked at an imaginary noise once.  Early Monday morning, she hit her snooze alarm too many times.

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The first two definitions of perspective in thefreedictionary.com is “A view or vista.  A mental view or outlook”.

Your perspective on a particular topic is subject to change at any given moment.  The trick is to keep your perspective in check with everything else that goes on around you.  What is your outlook on life in general?  Are you a glass half empty person?  Or do you see the glass as half full?

You might say, “Well Dr. Chris, of course I’m a glass half full type of person.  I read motivational books all of the time.  I try to see the best everyone”.  Is that true?

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