Your Perception Is....

...Your Reality.

Take a look at the picture. At first glance you would think that the actual camels are the dark images but in reality those are the shadows. Someone commented on this photo and said that sometimes our problems aren't as big as we may think they are. Well guess what?! They are 100% correct.

But it isn't the events that are taking place in our lives that seem to be the problem. No. It's our perception.

Believe it or not we control how big and dramatic or small and insignificant a decision in our life can be. I can almost guarantee that all of you know that person who, no matter what event is going on in their life (even a paper cut), are always overly-dramatic and emotional. The one who spends days upon days wondering why me? Why this or that? And we might also know someone who is the opposite. You know the one who is unfazed by all of the chaotic events that go on around them. They simply handle their affairs and continue living.

This is called perception and it is controlled by the way we allow ourselves to view our own lives. When we are hit with a dilemma we have two options; either sink to the bottom and allow our problems to consume us or we can rise to the occasion and conquer our own emotions. Yes, our surrounding environment can easily capitalize on our fears and influence our decisions but realize in the end, we are in control of our beliefs, our perception. This doesn’t mean we should ignore the reality of situations, it just means that our perception will define how we will handle our affairs.

Control the events that occur in your life by changing your perception. How? Resize the events; celebrate your little victories because they will build up to something great someday and downsize your problems because in a year or so they will be so far gone you won’t even remember what they were. You create your own perception, so however you want to live your reality let your perception define it.


Till next time....