Vantage Point or Breaking Point
It is all about choosing the vantage point or breaking point.
My husband and I just celebrated our 30th anniversary in Hawaii. Breaking point - that is a long time and there have been some tough years, so man do I deserve it. Vantage point - we have a better marriage and a deeper love now than ever before because of the work we put in.
While heading to Hawaii, we sat in front of a family with a 18 month old. The child screamed 2/3 or more of the flight. Breaking point - that was horrible and my nerves are shot. Vantage point - I am grateful for the grace that was extended to us traveling with our 4 kids when they were 1, 3, 5 and 7.
We went on several hikes as that is something we love to do and the island of O’ahu is filled with amazing hikes. One in particular was on Koko Crater which is over 1200 steps straight up the side of a volcanic crater. Breaking point - this is a crazy quad and lung burner and why am I doing this on my precious vacation, I am out. Vantage point - I am so grateful to have the physical ability to hike these volcanoes and see the sweeping views that await me.
Why vantage point - because it is all how we look at something that determines our experience. We are responsible for how we experience our life and what we decide to think about it. Your vantage point can break you and frame the resentment you feel and how you travel the hard you are bound to have. Vantage point allows you to give grace and opens you to joy.
Joy, that elusive word. Joy that comes from within, is not something we experience, but rather something we feel. I would challenge our experiences begets happiness, fun, ease or contentment. Joy comes from within because of the vantage point you choose.
There are so many things people are struggling with in todays world. So many breaking points or vantage points to choose. Sometimes the vantage point may not be the sunny side of an issue. Sometimes life hands us things that need to be felt and/or grieved over. That is the vantage point that may serve you for a time or a season, but it doesn’t have to break you. Keep in your back pocket the knowledge that our vantage points are ours to bring into focus and reframe when we are ready.
I hope the Koko Craters of your life lead you to sweeping views and the understanding that the hard is temporary if the vantage point is yours to choose.
Need more clarity on this, please reach out. I am here for all of the vantage and breaking points you may be navigating.
Aloha friends.