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I want an outside perspective
Introspection comes so naturally and overthinking is so familiar that I can get stuck mentally spinning all too easily, looking at my own thoughts from every possible perspective. Surely after thinking on something the way I’m in the habit of doing I can trust I have an accurate picture of the thing.
Some might say I’m too close; I need that outside perspective to give me a better, broader view. But I’m quite capable of taking a good step back to think over things from a higher vantage point.
The need for an outside perspective goes deeper than that.
My thoughts are like little rivulets flowing down as the sun hits a showy mountainside. They come together and collect in one spot and the puddle turns into a pond, then a lake.
The trouble is, without an outlet, that body of water will become a dead sea.
So it is with my thoughts. I must share them and receive that that outside perspective in order for them to stay and active. An outlet lets them keep flowing.
Begin the journey toward finding FLOE with part one.
