A change in perception does wonders on how you see things.

And how you see it, or things, really matters.

"it" can be anything.
/your life/your situations/people/the system/loneliness/emptiness/solitude/relationships/yourself/family/the past/the present/the future/the moment you're in/thriving/or surviving

Think about it for a second.

How we see a certain something in our lives,
brings up a feeling (personal, judgemental,familiar, or unfamiliar,
and feelings sometimes determine what course of action to take.
And no action at all can be just as consequential.
So how you see things does matter.

"The past" which doesn't exist anymore,
provides for some an identity,
and that "identity" could very well be what keeps them going.
Some have experienced deep pain and suffering in the past,
and view life accordingly....
some have experienced joy and happiness and relate to that.
So, I have learned to share my experiences, rather than give advice.
Advice can be a threat to someone's identity...

Here and NOW is what matters.
The ego tells us what we "think" we are
and digs into the past for that identity, and labels us.
Becoming that emotion again (sadness, anger, happiness, envious, depression,and many more provide familiarity. A change in perception is needed.

We are not just our thinking minds.
We are also spiritual beings,
and believe it or not, that's what connects us intimately.
Spiritually driven souls stay in the moment and out of the past.
They don't try to clean up the wreckage of the future...
and the future isn't here yet.

We can only really be in the moment we are in.

I see a lot of posts where people are "stuck" in themselves, in their thinking, in their all too familiar identities. Decaying, thriving, or surviving. In their prisons for lack of a better word, crying out in text for someone to listen, to lend an ear and offer a consoling response.
It gives the illusion that someone cares.

Offering solutions or advice can be a threat to the very identity some have created for themselves. And in my opinion advice is a way for one person to try and control the outcome of another person's situation.

In my experience....

How you see yourself, the world around you, and your situations determines how you'll feel about it, and what action if any you'll take, if any.

And lastly, a change in perception is spiritual.

The mind can not fix what it creates. That would be like a cell phone recharging itself, or an engine repairing itself...awareness of that is the first step to changing your perceptions.

let's play

one day to thrive at surviving a time
or
to thrive at a time surviving one day
or
surviving to time a thrive at day one
or
to surviving time at a thrive one day
or
one to thrive at time a day surviving

In your life right now, do you consider yourself thriving, surviving or decaying?

I am thriving because "you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household." (Ephesians 2:19)