Everyone has a lens

What we desire to change, whether it’s a bad habit, negative self talk or unhealthy behaviour, involves perspective. Mirriam-Webster defines perspective as the capacity to view things in their true relations or relative importance. In other words, the reality of what we believe as central, important or valuable in our lives is often secondary to our capacity to view things–how and why we believe things to be a certain way. A lens is analogous to our entire belief system, gained from everything we experience. Often, we get transfixed on our problems. We dwell or ruminate on certain thoughts, feelings and emotions. We get stuck in life as we replay situations in our minds as if they were as real as the experience itself. The blurriness of life connects to the strength of the prescription of our spectacles. This connects to our self talk, the healthy-unhealthy scripting that we develop as a result of our perspectives. Changing a habit requires knowledge that we can can change our lens.