Putting Things in Perspective

When you're in a deep rut, all you can see is dirt on every side. To put things into perspective, sometimes we need to be reminded not just that there's a big wide world out there, but that there's a really big wide universe out there as well.

Click this link to go to the Hubble Telescope site and see a photo which represents a sliver of the universe. Remember, what you are looking at are not stars, they're galaxies. That's an awful lot of potential.

In the great scheme of things, even our most horrendous problems and hardships are just a speck of time and space compared to the whole. Still, we are as precious to our Creator as if we were the only living thing in that great space.

Sometimes it's hard to believe that as small a footprint as we have in the universe, we can still create an eternal and widespread ripple from the good that we do, and the potential we achieve.

When overwhelmed by pain and despair, remember that there is indeed a grand plan for the universe. The myriad planets and stars, and all of its people, live and move in one eternal round that has nothing but good and prosperity as its goal.

The net effect of the universe is for life and growth, not for pain and destruction. Tap into that greater good by connecting with someone or something that uplifts your faith.