Gaining Perspective

Lois Christensen

This is a favorite song from my childhood. I still remember it after all these years and read it often: 

"Horace The Horse" 
Horace the horse on the merry-go-round 
Went up and down, round and round 
He's been sad since the day he found 
He's the very last horse on the merry-go-round 

The music began and away they go 
High and low, to and fro 
Poor old Horace would always say 
"I'm the very last horse again today" 

How he tried and tried and tried 
But he just never could win 
Horace cried and cried and cried, 
'Cause all the other horses were ahead of him 

Then came the day on the merry-go-round 
Horace turned, looked around, then said, "Gosh, oh gee! 
I'm the very first horse on the merry-go-round 
The others are following me! 

I keep a copy of this to remind me that perspective is very important. We may not always be able to change our circumstances, but we can try to change the way we think and react.

-Lois Christensen
4800 N
Currently Serving a remote mission in the Lima, Peru Mission