Perspective

The topic in my recovery meeting today was perspective or perception and I immediately began reflecting on the changes in views that I have gone through. For my first thirty-six years, before recovery, my perspective was decidedly judgmental and fear-based.  I viewed the world as a hostile place that I could deal with if I stayed on guard.  I now view the world through a filter of love, a different perspective.  I don’t view everything as pretty or even pleasant, in fact in many ways, conditions look fairly bleak.  However, I also believe that the universe is unfolding just fine and that the outcome will be good, even if it is unpleasant.