How we view the ourselves, others and the world has a profound effect on the quality of our lives. Change your perspective and see miraculous changes in your world.

What do you want to be when you grow up? Ask this question to an eight year old and you will receive an answer full of wonder and inspiration. You will hear unbelievable things. Children are full of wonder and hope.

In their beautiful little minds, failure is not is not even a remote possibility. They don't know howit will happen, but they believethat it will. They have faith that they can do anything. Children have excellent vision.

Our vision becomes clouded and obscured over time. Someone tells us something negative about who we are, and our vision of how we see our “self” gets blurry. People around us tell us we cannot have, do or be whatever we want, because those wonderful things only happen to select people, and so how we view the possibility of achieving our dreams is now out of focus. We are told life is hard; people cannot be trusted, either through the fearful words of others or our own experience. We are told negative things about people of different races, genders, sexual preferences and political or religious views. Now our vision of how we see the world and everyone in it is distorted.

Things happen in life and we develop a sort of spiritual myopia. We walk around with a distorted view of ourselves, the world and others. But vision can be corrected. The great thing about vision is that the thing we are viewing has not changed; only our perception and perspective have. Those of us who wear glasses know this. When I look at a book or an object too far away, my vision is blurry. I cannot make out the words, and sometimes I view words incorrectly. I can make a mistake if I base a decision on the misread words or the incorrect interpretation of the object. When I put on my glasses, however, everything comes into focus. Things are now seen clearly.

There is a story in the Bible of a man who was healed from being blind all his life.

When he was first asked what he saw, he said “I see men as trees, walking”. Now the men had not changed at all, they were men, however, his perception ofthem was off- clearly the men were not trees. Sometimes, the vision in our own lives is just like that.

We incorporate one fearful piece of advice or have a bad experience and start to view everything we see and experience from that point on through that lens. Eric

Butterworth, spiritual teacher and author, states “Our job is not to set things right but to see them right.” And so, in seeing things correctly we start to improve our vision.

How do you view the world? Is it a beautiful place full of amazing things and people? Or is it an awful place we must endure until we are fortunate enough to finally leave? On what things are you focusing?

Are you concentrating and complaining about things and people that are not working in your life or are you concentrating on what is good? Are you looking at what you don't have, or what the things for which you are grateful?

What's right with you, the world and life, is just as true and infinitely more powerful that what is wrong. What we believe impacts what we see. We are created by a Power much bigger than us (call it The Creator, God, the Universe or whatever you choose - we won't argue semantics or religion here) that created us out of love, and wishes good things for us. Just embracing and affirming that one belief can change your entire life. It is the difference between seeing circumstances as horrible events that happen to us, or viewing them as temporary assignments to help us grow. It can change our view of ourselves and our ability to succeed.

Practically, we can do a few things to improve our vision immediately.
Change the way you view yourself.
Make a list of 100 great things about YOU. What do you do well? What do you like about yourself? Of what things or accomplishments are you most proud? Use this list to clear up your vision. Pick a few a day, write them down and tape them up somewhere in a place that you will see them daily. Start to see yourself as successful, worthy and wonderful.

Change the way you view others.
When you are frustrated with someone, no matter what they've done, they still have some good qualities. Make a list of great things about others, whether it's a race of people you've been taught to dislike or fear, or a person at work who drives you crazy. Is your boss really creative? Is your sister a great cook? Is a co-worker a great problem solver? You will develop a new appreciation for people that you may not have had before.

Change the way you view life.
Make a gratitude list. Create a list, daily, of everything in your life for which you are thankful. Are you healthy? Do you have really great friends who support you? Maybe it is a garden that provides you with beautiful fresh flowers to look at. No matter what is going on, we always have something to celebrate.

Read inspirational books to help. Sometimes we all need a shift in perspective.

Develop a broader vision for your life.

What DO you want to be when you grow up? Decide to create your life based upon your own vision, not the vision, fears and expectations of others. Explore your dreams, pick one at a time and pursue it with abandon. If you're having difficulty with this, seek out a coach or consultant to for support and accountability to get it done.

We live in a world full of infinite possibility-we only have to tap into it. You are full of unlimited potential, and the minute you acknowledge and affirm this truth, possibilities will unfold miraculously before you. Once you change our vision, your life will become immediately more exciting, meaningful and joyful. Good begins to find you everywhere you go!

我们看待自己、他人以及世界的方式对我们的生活质量有着深远影响

长大后你想成为什么？问8岁小孩这个问题，你将会得到一个惊奇而又富有灵感的答案。同样你会听到一些难以置信的话，因为孩子们都充满了好奇和希望。

在孩子们小小的脑袋里，失败是丝毫不存在的。他们不知道那是怎样发生的，但是他们相信有失败的存在。他们有信心做任何事情。因为孩子们有着极佳的视觉。

但随着时间的流失，我们的视觉会逐渐变得模糊不清。总有些人在消极的影响着我们，因而我们的视觉变得模糊了，不能正确看待自己了。周围的人总会告诉我们不要、不能做一些我们所想做的事情，因为他们总认为好的东西总是在挑剔人，人不能去挑自己想要的，因此我们也逐渐淡忘了那些实现梦想的可能性。我们总会被告诫生活是艰苦的、周围的人不可信，这些告诫要么来自别人，要么来自自己的亲身经历。我们听过很多关于不同种族、性别、性偏好以及政治或宗教观点的负面信息。现在我们看世界和所有人的视觉都已经被歪曲了。

对于生活中发生的一切，我们都产生了一种心灵近视。我们游荡在一个自己、世界以及他人视觉都扭曲的环境中。但是视觉是可以纠正的。视觉的一大优点是它并不会改变我们所看到的事物本身，只是我们的观点看法发生了变化。戴眼镜的人对此应该了解。当摘掉眼睛看远处的书或物体时，我的视野就变得模糊了，识别不出那是什么字，有时还会认错字。如果我读错了一个字或误解了一个东西，基于此再作决定，那我就要犯错了。当我戴上眼镜，一切都进入视野，就可以看得清晰了。

圣经中有一个故事，说的是一个终身眼盲的人恢复视力后，当他首次睁开眼睛时，人们问他看到了什么，他回答说“我看见人像树一样可以行走”。到现在人们也一点都没有改变，观点还是不清晰，弄不明白人并不是树。有时，我们在生活中视觉就像这样模糊。

我们将曾经听到的一句吓人劝告或曾经的不好经历掺杂进入了自己的视觉，并以此为透镜来观察我们所看到的一切。

心灵教师及作家巴特沃思，说“我们的工作不是把纠正事物，而是正确看待他们”。因此正确看待事物我们后才能开始改善自己的视觉。

你是怎样看待世界呢？它是一个到处有令人惊奇的事和人的地方吗？还是它是个糟糕的地方，要忍耐直到我们死去？你关心的是什么呢？

你是专注于生活中不和谐的人和事物并不断抱怨还是专注于生活中好的一面？你是关注你所没有的东西还是关注于你所感激的事物上？

合适你的世界和生活就是那个真实的并且比不合适你的那个要更加无限强大。我们的信仰影响着我们的视觉。人类是由能量远大于我们自身的超能创造的（我们称之为造物主，上帝，宇宙或其他称呼---在这里我们不主张语意或宗教意义），这种超能出于爱创造了人类，并期望好运降临到人类身上。拥有一种信仰吧，相信它能改变我们的整个人生。这与我们身上发生的可怕事件情形不同，也不同于把他们看作暂时被委派来帮助我们成长。这种信仰能改变我们的观点以及我们达到成功的能力。

实际上，我们可以做若干事情来立即改善我们的视觉

改变对自己的看法

做个清单，写下你自己的100个优点。你做的怎样？你有多喜欢自己？你最自豪的事情或成就是什么？用这个清单来澄清你的视觉。每天记一点，并把它放在一个醒目的位置，这样你每天都可以看到。从现在开始要把自己看成是成功的、有价值和出色的。

改变对他人的看法

如果你被别人打击受挫了，不管他们做了什么，他们仍然有一些好的品德。做个清单纪录他人的优点，不管他是否来自你讨厌或害怕的种族，或者是工作中让你厌恶的人。你的老板很有创造性吗？你的姐妹能烧一手好菜吗？你的工作搭档是个解决问题的能手吗？如果他们有诸如此类似的优点，你都可以记下来。这样你将学会赏识别人。

改变你对生活的看法

做一个致谢清单。每天做一个清单，将你生活中一切值得感激的事情都纪录下来。诸如：你健康吗？你有支持你的好朋友吗？或许这是个让你欣赏新鲜美丽花朵的花园，不管发生了什么，我们总会有值得庆祝的事。

拓宽你的生活视野

长大后你想做什么？用你自己的视觉去创造你的生活，而不是别人的视觉、担忧和期望。探寻你的梦想，挑出一个并大胆追寻。如果遇到困难，就求助于教练或顾问，并解决它。

我们生活在一个无限可能的世界，只有去步步深入。你有无限潜能，你所了解和掌握的只是微小部分，一切可能都将会奇迹般的展现在我们眼前。一旦你改变自己的视觉，你的生活就会马上变得更加令人兴奋，同时也更加有意义且充满了欢乐。好运也将不断跟随着你！