Article November 12, 1990 Issue

It all depends on your perspective

A spiritual perspective can open our eyes to opportunities we may have been overlooking.

Harriet Barry Schupp

I Once owned a real estate business in a small town. Our first office was located just across from the main railroad tracks, which ran through the middle of town.

One morning I was on the telephone with a client in a very large city nearby. As we were talking, a train came through town, blowing its whistle. When the client heard this he said, "Wow, you are really out there in the country."

Later that day, I was on the phone with a farmer who lived a half-hour's drive out in the countryside from our office. Another train, whistle blowing, went by during this conversation. Upon hearing the whistle, the farmer exclaimed, "Why, you are really in the middle of town!"

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