Georgia O'Keeffe, the influential American painter, once suggested that everybody take a ride in an airplane. She thought the perspective from the airplane would change the way people see things. What is seen from airplane altitude is the connectedness of what appears from the ground level to be separated.

John Shea in Starlight: Beholding the Christmas Miracle All Year Long by John Shea

 

To Practice This Thought:
Name situations when you are able to grasp the big picture.

 

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