For better or worse...

When I think about perspective I always marvel at how your outlook on just about any subject can change by gaining another perspective. I've pondered this issue many times as I was riding my bike alone in the woods or laying on a rock somewhere working on my sun tan.

When you put things in perspective, or merely put them in a different perspective than you have previously viewed them in, they often take on a totally different meaning. Sometimes the meanings are better for you and sometimes they are worse, that depends on your perspective.

So when life has dealt you a blow in one way or another, a lot of times it helps to try to look at it from a different angle and re-assess what it actually means to you. Often that reminds you that things could be much worse and your issue is nothing more than a minor bump in the road of life, to use an old cliche'.

For better or for worse, the decision to interpret that rock you just hit in the road is totally up to you. (By the way, I personally haven't hit any rocks in the road recently, so don't assume so)

Now that saying, "for better or for worse" also has some different connotations , again depending on your perspective... but that might be a subject for further discussion.