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Have you sought out your marigolds? Are you a marigold for someone else?
Face it. Humans are pretty self-involved. Whether we’re aware of it or not, most often, we look and act based on what we personally know and have experienced. This can, however, lead to confusion, misconception, misjudging, and misunderstanding. All of these can steal our joy and weaken our resilience. When we intentionally shift our mindsets to widen our perspectives, we can empathize with and connect to others, we can come up with better responses to situations, we can recognize what is within our sphere of control- and all of these strengthen our resilience. As educators, we have to learn to be intentional in looking at situations and behaviors from multiple perspectives because not everything is as it seems. We can’t change where we come from or the experiences we’ve had, but we can change the way we look at things. When we change the way we look at things, we have a greater chance of cultivating the compassion needed for empathy and understanding.
Explore the resources below to learn more about the power of perspective in the work we do with our families, teachers, partners in the work and one another.
The Power of Perspective
The Power of Perspective
The way we see the world is the way we experience the world. When you’re feeling stuck, when you’re disappointed or frustrated, zoom out and see what else comes into your frame of reference. Changing the way you see changes the way you feel and act. – Elena Aguilar, Onward
The way we see the world is the way we experience the world. When you’re feeling stuck, when you’re disappointed or frustrated, zoom out and see what else comes into your frame of reference. Changing the way you see changes the way you feel and act. – Elena Aguilar, Onward
Our perspective may be much different than that of the people we support...to avoid negative fallout from these gaps, it is our responsibility to recognize and work to bridge them.
Our perspective may be much different than that of the people we support...to avoid negative fallout from these gaps, it is our responsibility to recognize and work to bridge them.
Although written for the classroom, this article provides three tools that can be used with those we support as well as our colleagues:
Recognize Triggers and Challenges
Show a Different View
Offer a Fresh Start
The work in building our resilience through cultivating perspective is more than simply examining our own perspectives. True compassion and empathy comes from raising our awareness of the "other side of the story."
The work in building our resilience through cultivating perspective is more than simply examining our own perspectives. True compassion and empathy comes from raising our awareness of the "other side of the story."
How To Build Perspective
How To Build Perspective
Read through any of the articles below and you should quickly see that many of the habits and dispositions in our Marigold Minutes pop up! Let's continue to build our resilience and perspective-taking as we work to see the world through the eyes of others. We just have to keep practicing and building that muscle and always keep a pair of "perspectacles" handy!!
Read through any of the articles below and you should quickly see that many of the habits and dispositions in our Marigold Minutes pop up! Let's continue to build our resilience and perspective-taking as we work to see the world through the eyes of others. We just have to keep practicing and building that muscle and always keep a pair of "perspectacles" handy!!
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