taking the higher view

I know, lately I have this thing for bird's eye views. But you see, I tried a few perspectives but couldn't get all of the kids in the shot and I so wanted to capture all of them, with all of their gaming devices. (Well except that poor kid in the right corner who is regretting that he didn't charge the battery in his.) A perch on the bed with my lens at its widest angel and I felt like I was peering down from the ceiling like a hovering, ghostly observer. 

As I snapped it I had a brief moment of perspective. How come I never take this perspective with my own life?  In the middle of my chaos, tears, quiet, or quarrels I could simply stop and climb the ladder, snap on my wide angle lens, and view my moment from a mosquito's view. No, a wall-crawling spider's view. Wait, how about an angel's view? 

Hovering a bit, I just might discover that leaving the earth releases the tethers of emotional and mental ruts. It brings everything and everyone into an unemotional, nonpartisan, clarifying view. (Any more adjectives you wanna add?)

I miss important details when I'm stuck in my earthly, self-centered worn out spot. Details like, there is more going on than what I can see. There are other stories I may be missing. Or, maybe, just maybe, I am not the only one inhabiting this planet.

Well then, that's humbling. 

Won't you join me in climbing the ladder this week? There's clarity up there that I have been missing and I need a fresh view. Maybe you do too?

p.s. on a funnier note: I thought this photo was chuckle-worthy...and a bit telling. I find it funny that there is a language being spoken amongst this crew that I have not a clue how to speak. It is a world I have, nor ever will enter. It is telling in that it reveals what our culture now defines as "playing with friends": meeting up in a fantasy world to compete against each other for points and status. This picture proves that I am now one of the "older" people in the room.