Perspective

This is a quotation from The Daily Book of Positive Quotations by Linda Picone. It's a pretty good book. It has for each day a quote and a little blurb about it. Today's quote talks about Perspective:

March 22

"We are all something, none of us are everything"- Blaise Pascal

Do we think too much of ourselves- or too little? We may have tendencies towards one end of the spectrum or the other. Or we may go back and fourth between extremes, convinced of our importantce one day and our insignificance the next.

We all have a place in the world that is significant; we all matter. The trick is not to think we matter more than anyone else in the world.

I can be happy with my place in the world, without distorting it one way or another.