You’ve heard the expression to soar with the eagles right?

And, chances are that you know someone in your life who wishes that life was easy, straight forward and void of all problems, yes? Right!

A wise man once commented on Eagles who soar in the air and the only obstacle that holds them from flying faster is the resistance they meet from the air yet, if you remove the air around them, they’d not be able to fly at all!

So, we can indeed learn a valuable lesson from the humble Eagle and that obstacles and challenges in life are what causes us to soar. It is what feeds our creativity and allows us to progress as a species. Ignorance bore into the world the need for education and the need to strive to provide excellence in that field. Illness has bore the need for medicine and the problem of communicating fast and efficiently with the world brought the Internet into existence.

Earlier this week, A friend of mine, the inspriation that is Roosevelt Cooper, asked me to share a few words on perspective. Perspective is an interesting thing. It’s true that in most cases, two people never see things the same way. There is a law of the universe called the law of relativity. In otherwords you have to relate things to truly understand them. Being in debt of £20,000 may sound like a lot but compared to a debt of £20m it is probably desirable!

It is our perspective that allows us to see the glass as being half empty or as half full (or as I say, it’s neither half full nor half empty… it just needs filling up!) so when things happen to us, it is our perspective that deems it to be a negative one or a positive one. Next time, when circumstances which make you feel uncomfortable arise, try to change your perspective and try to see the good in the situation.

The great author Napoleon Hill wrote, “Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.” It is my contention therefore that anytime you meet adversity, failure or heartache, it is our duty to look for that seed and to nurture it. Change your perspective to negative in your life and you’ll start to reap great rewards!

I’ll share more on perspective in due course but in the mean time,

Keep shining!

Fahad x

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