Response To Niequist's Perspective

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“What a good friend does is turn on the lights, open a window, and remind us there are a whole lot of ways to tell the same story (Niequist 1).” Perspective, as said by Niequist, has everything to do with the way people accumulate various truths from their same surroundings. Our truths are limited due to the experiences we have had, but if we step outside of our comfort zone we can understand others and their perspectives, giving us a clear view of the world. Every day we are captured in our comfort zone, but we have to learn to expand outside of our limits by discarding truth bias, knowing how to identify bias, and understanding that any story can be told from multiple perspectives.
In our everyday lives, we become comfortable with people

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