One Little Adjustment

I close my eyes.
I hear the wind as it quietly rustles the leaves above my head and in the many trees surrounding our property. I can feel the wind better on my bare arms when my eyes are closed. When my eyes are open, I tend to focus on what I can see, not what I can feel. The breeze is gentle as it moves across me. It reminds me of a soft caress.
I can hear thousands of tiny bugs making eensy teensy tiny beeping, clicking and chirping sounds, each pulsing rhythmically to its own beat. With my eyes open, I am hardly aware of them.
I hear more birds singing and alerting each other with my internal hearing system tuned in.
I sit this way for some time, basking in my new reality, enjoying my new space. Letting it take me to places I had not dreamed of yet.
I open my eyes.
Aha. The sun is brilliant all around. I wasn’t aware of the sun with my eyes closed because the temperature of my skin is so cool today. I sit under an enormous umbrella that provides ample shade for my body and shields my eyes from glare. Brilliant sun surrounds the deck. I am actually engulfed in hot sun, not cool shade as I imagined with my eyes closed.
Amazing how one little adjustment we make will completely change our perspective.
Reflect.
How many times a day do we find ourselves changing perspective because we opened our eyes or ears or mind to a new idea, thought, person or place?
How many times should we?