Reality is a perceived choice

They are paving one of the side streets that we walk on every morning. At 5:30 am, it looks a lot like a movie set of a battle taking place on the moon! My first thought was why they left it in such a mess. Then, I thought I am sure all my neighbors dont mind the mess for a few days to get a smoother road!

Its about perception. Sort of like the old saying, "one man's trash is another man's treasure." Or maybe in today's vernacular... "you say hoarder, I say collector." It really boils down to how we look at it.

We live in a time when there is no moderation. There is no place to meet in the middle. The views of people today have gone from dissenting but malleable to polar and rigid. There's just no room for common ground anywhere anymore...

But that's really not so new either.  Its really as old as time. People have always had to be ready to make choices... choices are driven by perception... perception is fed from one's reality.  Thats the tricky part! Reality.

We need to be cautious about the reality we perceive. Test it. Question it. Make it prove itself. Otherwise, we allow our perceptions to reside on dubious shifting sands. So many lives are destroyed by brokens dreams or misguided trust that germinate from perceptions of misleading realities.

Much like my "unpaved mess" and my bumpy predawn walk...

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