Perspective

In my art class,

my teacher puts an object like a vase or a skull or anything really to draw,

and everyone sits around it with our large sketch pads and charcoal pencils.

And we draw. 

But eventually as we see different people's drawings,

they are all a little bit altered from the one you looked at beforehand. 


And it made me see something deeper in this: 

We all look at life in a different way,

but sometimes we get self-centered and only view situations in our perspective, 

but if we just walk a couple steps, sit where the person next to you was sitting, and "put yourself in their shoes," you can see a whole new perspective to where they're coming from and have more understanding for that person's situation.

And with that, we will hopefully judge less and be more loving towards everybody overall.


Now this is either genius or just a bunch of baloney. 

What do you think?

Lately...

I've been getting pretty envious (which I'm not proud of).

One day, I feel skinny and then when I see a girl skinnier than me, I feel fat. 

Today, I felt okay about myself, and then I saw a girl with a perfect nose.

And then I felt bad about my nose. 

Now how stupid is that?!


I have a pretty long nose, and I've been insecure about it always, I guess. 

But you know what? 

Thank God that I even have a nose! 

That sounds so silly, but seriously. 

I am thankful that I can breathe. I'm not thankful enough, actually. 

Later today, while I was feeling sorry for myself, 

a Bible verse popped in my head, Samuel 16:7, "But the Lord said unto Samuel, 'Look not on his countenance or on the height of his stature, because I have refused him; for the Lord seeth not as man seeth. For man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.'"

In other words, God doesn't look at how tall or how short we are, or what jeans look the best on us, or if we have a pimple right in the middle of our forehead, but he looks to see if we have a pure heart or not!

Are we compassionate? Loving? Obedient? Caring? Patient? 

There are so many more virtues, and of course, none of us are perfect, but God wants to see our effort to strive to achieve these virtues. 

That's what really matters.  

Who cares that I don't have the "perfect" nose when I have a God that is my Father in Heaven that loves me.