The Bigger Picture...

sometimes we need to take a few steps back & look at the bigger picture. I guess all the time. We need to understand that when you focus too much on what's 2 inches in front of you, you lose sight of everything else around it. Often times the only way to get a glimpse of the bigger picture is by discussing the image with someone else. Get a different perspective, see things from another angle...

But...

You have to be cautious and aware with who you're analyzing a picture with. Before you take it all in, you have to realize that people analyze situations relative to their own experiences, based on the details you tell them, based on the half of the picture you're showing them. This doesn't mean their perspective isn't helpful, simply means you shouldn't always take it as bible. You shouldn't assume their view is solid or any better than your own. I have been quite blessed in my life to be surrounded by some amazing individuals, people who are usually quite willing and able to analyze pictures with me. As an over-thinker it becomes quite chaotic at times, to add outside sources to the many thought bubbles already in my head. I truly do take in everything everyone says and jot it down. I analyze where they are coming from, why they say the things they do and footnote it.

But...

That doesn't mean I listen. Essentially, I'm very much a "I do what I want" type of person. Even so, that doesn't mean I don't have it noted. It doesn't mean that from time to time I don't look at the footnotes & think hummm "should I really consider this"...

That's why sometimes, from time to time, I quietly sit down and look at the picture alone. I take my untainted views and analyze not only what's 2 inches in front of me, but everything around it. I take steps back to get a better view...only my own.

We often have situations figured out, just takes us some time to accept what we know VS what we want, that's usually why we ask other people in hopes that maybe they see something you don't...

Just remember no matter how long you stare at a picture, what's there won't change, only how you see it.

xoxo
signs the girl staring at pictures...