What does it mean to have a spiritual perspective?

What does a Spiritual Perspective mean to you? 

Before you read on, pause for 15 seconds and consider it…

Hit reply and let me know your answer, I’d love to hear from you! 

As for my answer (to my own question) I’ll share a personal story…

If you’re working with me or following me on Instagram or LinkedIn, you’ll probably know I was working in Cornwall last week.

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Here’s a recount of how the trip started with a little chaos 

At 7pm the night before we set off, my emails were failing to send.

No biggie, I thought, I’m sure it’ll be fine tomorrow. 

At 10pm that night my website went down and was sharing an error message suggesting my website was dangerous.

Not great, I thought, let's stay calm, we can figure this out, the joys of being an entrepreneur. 

Although I could feel the stress rising… 

The next day, a 5.5 hour train journey with Sarah, our two dogs and my parents. 

It took 48 hours, lots of chatting with Google Workspace and some incredible moral support from my amazing assistant to get the emails and website running.  

Over those 48 hours I experienced a range of emotions and tried my best to not let the situation impact my inner peace.

I’ll be honest, mixed success with that. 

But I did my best, and I used the tools I share with clients to the best of my ability. 

My main tool; inviting in a spiritual perspective. 

A spiritual perspective can be summed in the phrase ‘everything happens for a reason.’ 

Slightly different from a positive outlook which can be described as ‘full of hope and confidence.’ 

Hope and confidence, great as they are, retain some focus on the solution to the problem and our ability to solve it. 

A spiritual perspective invites us to not see the situation as a problem, but instead something that will benefit the world, even if we can’t quite see how right now.

Having faith there is a higher purpose to what we are experiencing.  

Holding this perspective keeps our mind and heart open to the possibility that the situation is a good thing, rather than a problem to be solved. 

This slight shift in perspective can have a major impact on our; 

• Stress levels

• Judgement levels

• Feelings of control

• Emotions

• Thoughts

• Actions

When we aggregate all of this, we increase our ability to find a solution as well as improve our experience while getting there. 

So, what was the purpose behind the technical malfunction? 

You’re reading it. 

As I reflected on the situation, I chose to share my experience and this tool. 

In my experience, if I’d allowed myself to be consumed by the problem, I would have wanted to put the whole thing behind me the moment the problem was solved. 

I’m learning that the way we approach and work through problems directly impacts our ability to capitalise on them, use them to help others and start to enjoy the process of problem solving a little more

Thank you to all those that have supported me this week.

Keep up the good work, you’re doing great! 

Graham