Saludos. El amigo @apineda en su espacio columnista por un día nos deja la interesante [invitación](https://peakd.com/hive-131951/@apineda/resignificar-para-sanar-columnista-por) a poner en práctica esa exclusiva capacidad humana de interpretar las cosas de diferente manera. Les comento…
A riesgo de parecer exagerado me atrevería a decir que cada mirada humana es distinta a las otras, afinando un poco más, concluiría que no es posible dos miradas iguales ni siquiera en la misma persona.
El Creador nos dotó a cada uno de un aparato perceptivo hecho a la medida, cada uno escucha, ve, siente y padece de una forma estrictamente personal.
Ante tal relativismo cualquiera podría decir: ¡Pero bueno…! ¿Cómo podemos vivir entonces? La respuesta la encontramos en nuestro propio ingenio, tenemos la capacidad de crear convenciones y ponernos de acuerdo para aceptar un conjunto de situaciones que damos por ciertas.
Todos podemos estar de acuerdo para llamar a algo “verde”, por ejemplo, pero no es posible determinar la calidad de “verde” que percibe cada quien. Eso quedará siempre en el terreno de la apreciación e interpretación personal.
Puestas así las cosas, podemos decir también que ese poder de interpretación, tan humano y personal, puede sernos de gran utilidad. Y es el llamado que nos hace nuestro amigo @apineda.
Desde niño aprendí, como todos, a valorar ciertas asociaciones de acuerdo a cómo las interpretaba mi familia. A lo largo del tiempo me he dado cuenta que una buena parte de ellas privilegian el lado negativo antes que el positivo. Esto es, en mi manera de interpretar siempre toma la delantera una visión pesimista de la vida.
Haber caído en cuenta de ese detallazo me ha servido para estar alerta y tratar de ensayar otras miradas cada vez que me enfrento a una situación.
Pongamos que me ocurre un evento doméstico como la rotura de un caucho. En las condiciones actuales eso significa una pequeña catástrofe, mi presupuesto a duras penas da para las situaciones del día a día no para eventos extraordinarios como ese.
La máquina de pesimismo empieza a rodar, me imagino que voy a estar quien sabe cuánto tiempo sin el caucho, por lo tanto sin carro. Esa perspectiva es suficiente para alterar mi ánimo.
De repente viene alguien por ahí y me informa que ya existe en nuestro mercado un sistema de microcrédito y que es posible que pueda comprar el caucho a plazos. El panorama oscuro comienza a disiparse. Ya no pienso que me voy a quedar sin carro por meses sino que puede ser por un corto tiempo.
Llamo a mi hijo para que me lance un salvavidas y le pregunto si me puede ayudar para dar la inicial del caucho. Me pregunta cuánto es. Le explico la situación y me responde qué cuánto vale el caucho. Resulta que ha conseguido un nuevo trabajo y me puede dar para que lo compre. Una posibilidad que nunca había pasado por mi mente.
De haber podido hacer el ejercicio de evaluar las diferentes opciones antes de disparar mi estado de alarma general me hubiese evitado un buena dosis de malos ratos. Al final el problema se resolvió de una forma que nunca pensé. Sin traumas, sin estrés y sin amarguras innecesarias. La realidad me enseñó que el primer significado que le di a la situación no tenía razón de ser.
A estas alturas del partido estoy convencido que siempre podemos ver las cosas de otra manera, es cuestión de tomarlo en serio y de practicar la posibilidad de ensayar varios escenarios cada vez que estemos a punto de entrar en pánico.
Siempre nos podemos preguntar si no hay otra posibilidad. Si nos detenemos ante esa pregunta seguramente que encontraremos alternativas.
A fin de cuentas de eso se trata la esperanza, de pensar que en medio de lo que a primeras luces parece imposible siempre habrá el chance de que se opere el milagro que lo haga posible. Los invito a que se atrevan a pensar de otro modo.
Gracias por tu tiempo.
Fuente de imágenes. [I]( https://pixabay.com/es/photos/%C3%A1rbol-naturaleza-madera-3324730/) [II]( https://pixabay.com/es/photos/ma%C3%ADz-maissaat-maizal-agricultura-4036279/) [III]( https://pixabay.com/es/photos/mirador-del-r%C3%ADo-lanzarote-201344/).
Greetings. Our friend @apineda, in his column for a day, leaves us with an interesting invitation (https://peakd.com/hive-131951/@apineda/resignificar-para-sanar-columnista-por) to put into practice that uniquely human ability to interpret things in different ways. Let me explain... At the risk of sounding exaggerated, I would dare to say that every human perspective is different from the others. To refine this a little further, I would conclude that no two perspectives are the same, even within the same person. The Creator has endowed each of us with a tailor-made perceptual apparatus; each of us hears, sees, feels, and suffers in a strictly personal way. Faced with such relativism, anyone could say: But come on...! How can we live then? We find the answer in our own ingenuity; we have the ability to create conventions and agree to accept a set of situations that we take for granted. We can all agree to call something “green,” for example, but it is not possible to determine the quality of “green” that each person perceives. That will always remain in the realm of personal appreciation and interpretation. That being the case, we can also say that this power of interpretation, so human and personal, can be very useful to us. And that is the call made by our friend @apineda.  Since childhood, I learned, like everyone else, to value certain associations according to how my family interpreted them. Over time, I have realized that many of them favor the negative over the positive. That is, in my way of interpreting, a pessimistic view of life always takes precedence. Realizing this detail has helped me to be alert and try to try other perspectives every time I face a situation. Let's say I have a domestic event such as a flat tire. Under current conditions, that means a minor catastrophe; my budget barely covers day-to-day situations, let alone extraordinary events like that. The pessimism machine starts rolling, and I imagine that I will be without a tire for who knows how long, and therefore without a car. That prospect is enough to upset my mood. Suddenly, someone comes along and tells me that there is now a microcredit system in our market and that I may be able to buy the tire in installments. The dark cloud begins to dissipate. I no longer think that I will be without a car for months, but that it may only be for a short time.  I call my son to throw me a lifeline and ask him if he can help me with the down payment for the tire. He asks me how much it is. I explain the situation and he asks me how much the tires cost. It turns out that he has gotten a new job and can give me the money to buy them. This is a possibility that had never crossed my mind. If I had been able to evaluate the different options before sounding the alarm, I would have avoided a lot of unpleasant moments. In the end, the problem was solved in a way I never imagined. No trauma, no stress, and no unnecessary bitterness. Reality taught me that my initial interpretation of the situation was unfounded. At this point, I am convinced that we can always see things differently. It's a matter of taking it seriously and practicing the possibility of rehearsing various scenarios every time we are about to panic. We can always ask ourselves if there is another possibility. If we stop and ask ourselves that question, we will surely find alternatives. At the end of the day, that is what hope is all about: thinking that in the midst of what at first glance seems impossible, there will always be a chance that a miracle will happen to make it possible. I invite you to dare to think differently. Thank you for your time.
Greetings. Our friend @apineda, in his column for a day, leaves us with an interesting invitation (https://peakd.com/hive-131951/@apineda/resignificar-para-sanar-columnista-por) to put into practice that uniquely human ability to interpret things in different ways. Let me explain... At the risk of sounding exaggerated, I would dare to say that every human perspective is different from the others. To refine this a little further, I would conclude that no two perspectives are the same, even within the same person. The Creator has endowed each of us with a tailor-made perceptual apparatus; each of us hears, sees, feels, and suffers in a strictly personal way. Faced with such relativism, anyone could say: But come on...! How can we live then? We find the answer in our own ingenuity; we have the ability to create conventions and agree to accept a set of situations that we take for granted. We can all agree to call something “green,” for example, but it is not possible to determine the quality of “green” that each person perceives. That will always remain in the realm of personal appreciation and interpretation. That being the case, we can also say that this power of interpretation, so human and personal, can be very useful to us. And that is the call made by our friend @apineda.  Since childhood, I learned, like everyone else, to value certain associations according to how my family interpreted them. Over time, I have realized that many of them favor the negative over the positive. That is, in my way of interpreting, a pessimistic view of life always takes precedence. Realizing this detail has helped me to be alert and try to try other perspectives every time I face a situation. Let's say I have a domestic event such as a flat tire. Under current conditions, that means a minor catastrophe; my budget barely covers day-to-day situations, let alone extraordinary events like that. The pessimism machine starts rolling, and I imagine that I will be without a tire for who knows how long, and therefore without a car. That prospect is enough to upset my mood. Suddenly, someone comes along and tells me that there is now a microcredit system in our market and that I may be able to buy the tire in installments. The dark cloud begins to dissipate. I no longer think that I will be without a car for months, but that it may only be for a short time.  I call my son to throw me a lifeline and ask him if he can help me with the down payment for the tire. He asks me how much it is. I explain the situation and he asks me how much the tires cost. It turns out that he has gotten a new job and can give me the money to buy them. This is a possibility that had never crossed my mind. If I had been able to evaluate the different options before sounding the alarm, I would have avoided a lot of unpleasant moments. In the end, the problem was solved in a way I never imagined. No trauma, no stress, and no unnecessary bitterness. Reality taught me that my initial interpretation of the situation was unfounded. At this point, I am convinced that we can always see things differently. It's a matter of taking it seriously and practicing the possibility of rehearsing various scenarios every time we are about to panic. We can always ask ourselves if there is another possibility. If we stop and ask ourselves that question, we will surely find alternatives. At the end of the day, that is what hope is all about: thinking that in the midst of what at first glance seems impossible, there will always be a chance that a miracle will happen to make it possible. I invite you to dare to think differently. Thank you for your time.
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