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Today’s quote is from Arthur Schopenhauer.
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) was a German philosopher best known for his influential work on human nature, desire, suffering, and the search for meaning. His major work, The World as Will and Representation, argued that much of human behavior is driven by an endless striving for things we want. His ideas later influenced thinkers such as Nietzsche, Freud, and Jung.Arthur Schopenhauer once said…
“Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.”
We all have our own perspective on reality. What we see and experience can feel like the whole picture simply because it is the only picture we have. We see the world through our upbringing, education, culture, religion, beliefs, experiences and our assumptions. The world we experience is the world we can see.
If we have never experienced something it is difficult to see it as real. Or even to imagine it. The same is true when we engage with someone who sees the world completely differently.
Someone can see a situation completely differently than you, without being crazy, stupid, dishonest or unreasonable. They are simply looking at the same thing you are, but with different filters or from a different angle or perspective.
There is a huge difference between I haven’t see it yet and it doesn’t exist. It depends on whether you have an open mind or closed one.
Having an open mind does not mean you believe everything. It means being willing to examine your assumptions and update them when the evidence warrants it.
This is particularly relevant in today’s world where we are bombarded with negative news every day. If we are doomscrolling and see only conflict, disaster and decline, then it is easy to draw a conclusion that that is what the world actually looks like.
But if you expand your field of vision to include all the amazing progress and positive developments that don’t usually get the same attention then you start to see the world a little differently.
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That’s going to do it for today. I’m Andrew McGivern signing off for now, but I’ll be back… tomorrow! Same pod time, same pod station with another Daily Quote.
