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“I take the bus to my office every day which follows one certain route. Nothing ever changes, nor the route neither the surroundings. But I noticed something weird today. I saw a big tree standing on the side of the road which I have always managed to overlook!”
Hold on to your thought of judging me. I am not alone. It happens with everyone else as well. It might be the most minute of things or as gigantic as a tree, we manage to miss some of those details daily. Don’t you remember that time when you thought you had misplaced an item only to find it later at the same exact place? No! It wasn’t a ghost. It was you! You managed to look past it although it was right in front of you. That doesn’t make you crazy either. It just means we are deceived more than we think we are.
You are not completely deceived, but the reality you perceive could be way different from what others do. Our perception of reality is entirely subjective. It varies with each person and thus the reality we perceive may not be the same as others. Don’t agree with me? Look at the cluttered table next to you. Look at it really close. Did you find something you haven’t seen for days? What sorcery is this? How did you manage to do this? Don’t be shocked!
It was just because you were focused really hard on it. Earlier, you just saw what you wanted to see. You wanted to pick up your laptop from the table and hence your mind was focused only on that. Your perception has changed now. It’s like looking through someone’s else eyes. It’s important to be conscious of your perception, because if you’re not, someone else will create it for you. And that could be scary. You could be mentally forced to see only the negative things in life even when there are far better positive things happening with you.
Magicians rely on this fact to make you see things the way they want you to see them. Like any optical Illusion, our mind attempts to fill in the details of something it either thinks it already knows or doesn’t actually understand. This works out good because we see what we want to see letting our world be shaped for fun. But here’s the trick, once you get into the wrong track, it becomes your reality — the perceived reality.
Let’s talk the story of your life right now. How is your life according to you? Is it really amazing or is it full of sadness and misery? Now take a moment to think about the reason behind it. Are you happy because you always tend to think about the positives? and are you sad because you tend to pick point the worst from everything? Do you think your single thought can change the entire life you have been living? You could have seen many normal men going into a depression. What do you think causes that? One thought!
The start of everything is decided by the decision you make. Your decision shapes your life and your future. If, at any point in your life, you think it’s not the life you thought for yourself, it, in fact, is the apt time for you to change your perception. The moment you change your perception about reality, your life will change too in that direction. It’s always better to set your foot in the direction of the path you dream about- which is full of happiness and no worries. You can change the course of your life. Just start thinking!
