{"id":714,"date":"2017-05-15T00:00:42","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T06:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.melaniebnewman.com\/staging\/9944\/?p=714"},"modified":"2022-04-18T16:24:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T22:24:55","slug":"change-in-perception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melaniebnewman.com\/staging\/9944\/change-in-perception\/","title":{"rendered":"Change in perception"},"content":{"rendered":"

How amazing to discover that one simple change in perception can completely change the direction of your day<\/strong>, even your life! Our lives are made up of the day to day decisions and actions, so no matter how small the thought, its influence can be significant!<\/p>\n

While I was traveling the other day along a busy freeway, I saw the marquee at the side of the road flashing the dates of the upcoming road construction.<\/p>\n

My first thought was, \u201cOh, great, I\u2019ll be traveling home during those dates! What a pain!\u201d It is such a busy highway and adding construction to the mix always makes it so much more dangerous and more difficult to travel!<\/p>\n

Shortly after passing that sign, I noticed how pitted, and bumpy and rough the road was and I thought to myself. \u201cGeez. They really need to fix this road!\u201d Not a second later, I laughed out loud at the irony of these two thoughts, when I realized, – that\u2019s exactly what was being done and what I had previously just complained about!<\/p>\n

All of a sudden my annoyance at the thought of having to travel through road construction switched to thoughts of appreciation, knowing that soon the road would be made smooth again.<\/p>\n

Funny, how my thoughts determined how I felt and how quickly they changed.<\/p>\n

How obvious it became to me, that one minor switch in my thinking created an immediate change in emotion.<\/p>\n

I encourage you to pay attention to your thoughts and perceptions and see how quickly you might be able to switch them from ones of annoyance to ones of appreciation.<\/p>\n

Have a beautiful day!<\/p>\n

Love,
\n\"Melanie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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