The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscape but in having new eyes.
Marcel Proust (1871-1922), French writer who wrote
Remembrance of Things Past
“What he meant was if you can see things differently, then you have discovered something wonderful. I really believe we are working toward a new paradigm right now. What I realized, at least in my way of looking at it, was there are three things we need in order to adjust to this movement. We need flexibility because things keep changing and we have to adjust to whatever it is. We need creativity which is the new eyes to see what is happening in a new way that works for us, and the third one is the most important one. We need heart centeredness. Everything we do must be with love, with heart centeredness, and with caring. This will make all the difference in the world. It will be a new paradigm if we can remember flexibility, creativity, and heart centeredness. It’s a lot to ask of us. However, we’re human beings and we have all this within us. When I think of that quote I think about how we can look at things in a new way and how important that is to the future and to whatever’s coming next.”
Judith Prager, Ph.D. is the co-author with Judith Acosta of
The Worst Is Over: Verbal First Aid to Calm, Relieve Pain,
Promote Healing and Save Lives
