I recently had a family trip to Rishikesh, Uttarkhand. Here’s a pic I took from our hotel’s balcony:
Beautiful, right?
Reminds me of the apt quote:
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
You can look at the bright sun and resent its "hotness."
Or you can see how it serves humanity & be grateful for it.
Perspective.
The way to develop an eye for beauty is through a great perspective.
It's not about memorizing words. It's about practicing actions.
That means you say 'thank you’ very often - and mean it.
That means you prefer to enjoy than care to complain.
That means you appreciate what is than resent what isn't.
For example, imagine, as a tourist, you went to your hotel expecting a nice tea & breakfast. But on that day, the cook does a poor job of making them delicious. There is not enough salt in the poha. The tea is too dark to consume.
Now you have two options:
1. Go teach the cook how to cook. Moreover, you decide to complain in the hotel mangement. Your day is ruined. Your thrill is killed.
2. Give your feedback gently and thank him for his efforts anyway. You decide to navigate through street food instead.
(Later you find yourself enjoying the place even more in a way that wouldn’t have been possible without the cook’s mistake. :))
That means you choose to be happy when it's easy to play it the ego's way - the painful way.
You forgave the cook’s mistakes. You choose to accept that humans are fallible. And it can happen to the best of us.
Having a "great perspective" is underrated. This perspective must reflect the way you behave and act.
It will change your life.