{"id":140,"date":"2008-04-16T18:52:42","date_gmt":"2008-04-17T02:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/16\/perspective-on-appreciation\/"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:13:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:13:05","slug":"perspective-on-appreciation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/16\/perspective-on-appreciation\/","title":{"rendered":"Perspective on Appreciation"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/16\/perspective-on-appreciation\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F04%2F16%2Fperspective-on-appreciation%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p><strong>Brennan Kingsland<\/strong> of <a href=\"http:\/\/rescue4furbabies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shepherd&#8217;s Haven Sanctuary<\/a>, a private animal rescue shelter, left me a comment earlier that brought me to her blog&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And I saw a video she had posted there that really had some impact.<\/p>\n<p>If you ever think you &#8220;don&#8217;t have enough&#8221; or &#8220;everybody&#8217;s better off than you&#8221;, this video will help you realize that&#8217;s not necessarily true.<\/p>\n<span class=\"vvqbox vvqyoutube\" style=\"width:425px;height:335px;\"><span id=\"vvq-140-youtube-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rvTFKpIaQhM\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/rvTFKpIaQhM\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube Preview Image\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<p>And yes, it&#8217;s set to a cover of an old <strong>Tears for Fears<\/strong> song I used to really like, so that won points for me too. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But while it&#8217;s important to appreciate the fact that you&#8217;re probably richer than 75% of the world (according to the video), it&#8217;s equally important not to let that lull you into a comfort zone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--> There&#8217;s nothing wrong, for instance, with striving to be one of the 6 people that own most of the real estate&#8230; well, make that 7 people, including you!<\/p>\n<p>This fictional village represents the world population &#8212; and yet if it really were a village, then everyone in that village would have an equal opportunity for success.  Especially if that village were in an area that you&#8217;re probably used to living in if you&#8217;re reading this.<\/p>\n<p>So over half the population would no longer be making less than $2 a day&#8230; because they&#8217;d have the opportunity to up that in proportion to those around them.<\/p>\n<p>I spent years living with someone who always seemed to be complaining that nobody ever gave him a break, but that rich people were greedy&#8230; two clashing thoughts that say to the Universe you&#8217;re not happy with where you are, yet you&#8217;d really rather stay there, removed from the &#8220;greedy rich people&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the belief that &#8220;nobody ever gives me a break&#8221; just manifests itself as more times that &#8220;nobody gives you a break&#8221;&#8230; proving you &#8220;right&#8221; in your own mind. 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