Its all about perspective

I spoke to a friend of mine today and he told me that a job promotion he was looking forward to getting in the next few days fell threw. He didn't want to say he was upset but I could tell that he was ticked. As we spoke it occurred to me that maybe he was just looking at it from the wrong point of view, maybe by not getting this promotion it was actually a blessing. You can't look in to the future, but you can look to the past and see how the dots connect. For my friend taking this job would have required him to move out of province leaving behind all his friends and family. Being away from everyone might have actually been the biggest pay cut he could imagine. I guess all of us lose perspective from time to time and we only realise how good we have something when it's gone. Check out this video of Steve Jobs where he speaks about how precious life is.