Perspective

I've just had a seat on a chair in my room that I don't usually frequent. Quite immediately, my room is different - at least, it seems so. Different angles, shadows and spaces I have never contemplated but have always been there.

It's quite a stark experience - just perching yourself somewhere that's been neglected in a familiar space. Your mind travels far beyond the tangible pieces of IKEA furniture surrounding you. That fresh and unexpected picture, of what has become set in your mind begins a cascade of reconsiderations, realignments and adjustments of 'your familiar'.

Look at your life right now through the clear glass eyes of your youth . Look at your day today. Look at every day this week...really look. Find those overlooked spaces - what's in them?

Step away from the comfort of tried and tested relationships. Take a view from the outside, in the biting freshness of first meetings. Are you happy with what you see? Or is there dust and decay filling all the spaces that were once empty, clear, full of excitement and potential?

Look at where you are now from where you want to be. Look at yourself from behind the warm embrace of your mother. From under your father's unfaltering support. It's okay to be on a path to something - just be sure you can see yourself firmly on it from every perspective.