{"id":10007,"date":"2012-09-03T04:17:14","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T09:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=10007"},"modified":"2012-09-02T15:21:44","modified_gmt":"2012-09-02T20:21:44","slug":"leadership-lens-and-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/leadership-lens-and-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership Lens and Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is my son Nathan.
\nHe’s 12.5 years old.<\/p>\n

It’s been a rough few days with him. It’s a dicey combo mixing burgeoning adolescence and the Autistic experience.<\/p>\n

His will is strong and he’s often unreasonable. He thinks he’s the rightful King of his world and ours; and I’ve felt discouraged about how poorly things have been going.<\/p>\n

But\u2026today, he built these glasses, and it got me to thinking about perspective<\/em>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

And it gave me a new one.<\/em><\/p>\n

What’s the bigger lesson here?<\/strong><\/p>\n

What if our windows of perspective are cloudy<\/em><\/strong>?<\/p>\n

What if the shutters are closed<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

How will an obstructed view hurt my ability to guide, lead, or learn?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Will I even be able to notice how poor my vision is?
\nAnd how can I get help seeing better?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s true that our perspective is limited<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The fact is easy to miss.
\nWe flare with emotion in the dearth of comprehending<\/strong> how perspective works, or doesn’t work.<\/p>\n

But, indeed, we can’t possibly see the full view, just the narrow vision our particular spectacles allow<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And with new<\/span> lens our perspective changes<\/span>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Unwittingly, Nathan gave me the encouragement I needed.<\/p>\n

This is actually an answer to my prayer for help.<\/em><\/p>\n

Keep pushing on and Remember the lesson of the Lego Spectacles!<\/strong><\/p>\n

To you Leaders and Bloggers: Don’t forget to link-up with the SynchroBLOG on Leadership<\/em><\/span><\/a> sponsored by Evangelical Seminary<\/span><\/a>. Write something this week and contribute September 10-14.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

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