“I’ve noticed that a lot of times, people get triggered by each other because they’re coming from different perspectives, but don’t realize it.

When a person sees circumstances from a top floor perspective, life can be understood metaphorically or conceptually or theoretically.

When a person sees circumstances from the ground floor, they’re in survival mode.

And in these moments on the ground floor, a person’s life depends on being able to navigate what’s going on down there and being available to respond. And for good reason. They very well may be fighting for their survival—whether the battle is within or from being traumatized or persecuted by another. Or perhaps their jobs on the ground floor are about saving other people’s lives.”

—From ‘Top Floor and Ground Floor Perspectives'

(Suitable for tweens, teens and adults.)

Top Floor and Ground Floor Perspectives was written by Jessica Laurel Kane; music by Jerome Rossen at Freshmade Music.

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