When Goldie flies with her mother and father high in the heavens, she does not see the beautiful sunset or the sparkling rivers or the leaping deer, she can only see hardship. She sees the bobcat that failed to catch her dinner, or the raccoon who fell into some mud, or the hummingbird who looks so tired. When Goldie's mother proposes they play a game where they point out things they see which are either encouraging and beautiful or discouraging and sad, mother and daughter start to have fun seeing things from each other's perspective.