Let’s set the scene.
You wake up late because your phone died. Your alarm never went off.
You rush out the door, determined to salvage the day with your usual Americano. But Dwayne—the barista who somehow still has a job— mucks up your order and hands you a mocha again. On the way to work, you get pulled over and slapped with a speeding ticket.
Objectively? Not a great morning.
But George—the man sleeping on the sidewalk outside that café—would’ve taken your day in a heartbeat. He doesn’t have a bed to wake up in, an iPhone to charge, or a car to get a ticket in. From his perspective, you’re doing just fine.
“If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more.
If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.”
— Oprah Winfrey
Everything Is Relative
The Law of Relativity says that nothing is inherently good or bad.
Everything—every experience, challenge, or setback—only takes on meaning when it’s compared to something else.
Running late? Compared to what—being early?
Got dumped? Compared to your friend’s happy marriage?
Didn’t get the job? Compared to your dream scenario that hasn’t happened yet?
It’s not that your feelings don’t matter. They do. But your brain creates stories based on comparisons—and half the time, those comparisons are made up.
Now I’m not saying we all go out and get our brains removed, but the law is a telling reminder of the power of perception.
Your Perception = Your Experience
Experiences are neutral. It’s your interpretation that makes them feel positive or negative. Most people don’t realize they have a say in that interpretation. But you do.
You can look at the day through the lens of frustration…
Or you can recognize that everything annoying still happened within a life full of privilege and options.
And no, this isn’t about guilt-tripping yourself into gratitude. It’s about perspective.
Reframe to Reset
If you want to shift your energy, you have to challenge your comparisons.
That doesn’t mean pretending everything’s fine when it’s not. It means stepping out of “victim mode” long enough to ask:
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What else could this mean?
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Is this really a disaster, or just inconvenient?
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Compared to what I do have, how bad is this, really?
This shift doesn’t make the issue disappear, but it does take the emotional charge down a few notches —which makes it easier to move forward without spiraling.
Advice
Viewing a ‘bad’ situation from another perspective may actually help transmute it into gratitude.
No matter how bad it is for you, there will always be someone in a worse situation. Instead of feeling like a victim, re-frame it to feel grateful.
The next time something feels like a disaster, zoom out.
Check the story you’re telling yourself.
Then ask —is that the only way to see it?
Because changing your perspective won’t change what happened.
But it might just change everything else.
Need support in creating change in your own perspective? I invite you to book a free call with me, let’s dig in together.
Continue Exploring the 12 Universal Laws below:
Law of Divine Oneness
Law of Vibration
Law of Attraction
Law of Action
Law of Cause and Effect
Law of Correspondence
Law of Compensation
Law of Perpetual Transmutation of Energy
Law of Polarity
Law of Rhythm
Law of Gender
