Anupam Kher shares powerful life lesson on perspective. How a broken tree branch made him see beauty differently. ‘Broken doesn’t mean you have lost your worth’

Anupam Kher often delights fans with his interesting social media entries. The film veteran is almost a regular in posting about his life updates, personal anecdotes, inspiring personalities and motivational thoughts. This time was no exception. On Sunday, October 18, Kher shared a couple of pictures on Instagram featuring a tiny, broken tree branch. But it was his heartfelt caption, capturing the true meaning of perspective and beauty, that offered a powerful life lesson.

Anupam Kher meets a tiny tree branch

The snap captured Kher holding a tiny piece of a branch with a few leaves attached to it on top that had broken off a tree. But when he zoomed in on the branch, against the backdrop of the blue sky, the branch looked like a tree — a sight that left a deep impact on Kher.

Through the picture, Kher reached the conclusion that ‘life is all about perspective’. The actor revealed that the moment he held the branch between his fingers and raised it against the vast sky, the branch looked like a ‘magnificent tree standing tall in the middle of nowhere '.

Anupam Kher gets a powerful realisation

This made Kher ask himself, ‘Isn’t life a little like this?’ Elaborating on the thought, the Tanvi the Great actor, shared that often in life we tend to feel small and insignificant, ‘lost in the vastness of this world.’ We compare ourselves with people who appear better and more successful than us, slowly forgetting to see our own strengths and beauty.

But the tiny tree branch, without any roots or green leaves, still has a ‘character’ and ‘presence’ of its own. ‘I found that strangely moving,’ admitted Kher, acknowledging that ‘greatness has nothing to do with size’, beauty need not always be perfect and being broken does not mean that you are worthless. The most fascinating part? Kher revealed that the branch hadn’t changed, but his perspective had.

Anupam Kher’s final takeaway

Reflecting on his own life, Kher noted that he too might have missed the beauty of ordinary things, simply because he wasn’t looking with eyes of curiosity or a different perspective. ‘Maybe our circumstances don’t always need to change. Sometimes our perspective does,’ he said.

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In conclusion, Kher shared that, much like the tiny branch, we too have to sometimes hold ourselves up against the bigger sky to realise how even the tiniest things look absolutely extraordinary. The actor signed off by saying that life, it does not matter whether it is big or small; what matters is having a broader perspective.