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Right now, somewhere in the world:
-someone is snorkeling amid a multitude of colorful fish.
-A man, suffering from insomnia, is leaning on a window sill looking upon an empty road and contemplating the decisions he has made in life.
-A whale is teaching her baby how to save itself from beaching.
-A child is crying for a Mother who does not want it.
-Two teens are thinking about having sex.
-Someone is sitting on the floor in front of their fridge, empty bags of chocolate and plates of food surrounding them, after another late night binge that won’t be remembered because of a recently ingested sleeping pill.
-A woman has a sock down her pants hoping her impending sex change will make her feel more “normal”.
-A husband is lying next to his wife, holding her hand after giving her the pudding with the overdose of drugs she begged for, hoping she’ll suffer no more.
-A woman is rubbing her sleeping lover’s swollen belly in the dark wondering if it will be a boy or a girl.
- A couple is laughing and hugging after just having said their vows while skydiving.
-A little boy is petting a new puppy he will name, Spunky.
-A homeless man, shivering on a park bench, is pondering his dreams.
-An artist is drawing on the side of a freight train hoping his art will travel across country and make someone stop to think.
-A soldier sitting on a plane is wondering what home will be like now.
-A grandma is trying to communicate with her grandchild using finger puppets.
-A party has just ended and the guest of honor is wondering what will happen next.
-A zebra is grazing on a wide stretch of land.
-A nurse is holding the hand of a terrified patient.
-A baby elephant is coming into the world.
-The sun is setting.
-The sun is rising.
-A pianist is composing a new song.
-A writer is penning the next bestseller.
-A star is exploding.
-A photographer is putting the camera aside in order to see the world from a different perspective.
-Children are playing hide and seek by moonlight.
-A woman is taking her children and leaving her abusive husband.
-A heart patient is receiving a transplant.
-A soccer player is scoring the game winning goal. 
-A person is taking their last steps.
-A baby is taking their first steps.
-A pink balloon is floating up, up, up.
-A woman is leaving after having sex with a man whose name she will forget.
-A man is hosting a wine tasting for no one other than himself.
-Two men just moved furniture into their new home.
-A couple is making out in a movie theatre.
-A tall guy just yelled at someone for making a “weather up there” joke.
-A tugboat is heading for the horizon.
-Someone just learned how to water ski.
-An elderly woman just made her dream of starting a rock band come true.
-Someone is leaving footprints in the sand.

Sometimes, it’s easy to become so focused on our lives that our vision becomes limited and we wind up taking ourselves too seriously. When we think about other lives being lived, we can broaden our perspective, feel a sense of connection and remember there are a million possibilities. 

What do you think about when you need to gain perspective?

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