Place a small black dot on a clean white sheet of paper and ask someone what they see. Most people will name the dot first. My client told me a story about how their dad used to use this metaphor as a lesson about perspective. We focus on the flaw, the problem, the one painful mark, while missing all the white space around it. Perspective matters. Gratitude matters. A wider view can soften pain and help us remember that one hard moment is not the whole story. They shared this

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