Perceptions & Judgements

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". Look at everything with a positive view and it is indeed a beautiful world, look at it with negativity and it is a place of doom and gloom.

The way you look at things is up to you. If you choose to be positive then you will find life a joy, if you are negative then life will be unpleasant. Know that you should be positive and re-enforce this whenever you feel down.

Reality is constant, though our perceptions of it are not.

Our perceptions are not reality, they are merely a representation of it and they are subject to change. Our perceptions have more to do with the way we choose to perceive things rather than the way they actually are. Life is a wonderful adventure but you need to believe it for it to be so.

Don't judge others.

In judging others we tend to only see what we want to see. If we want to feel better about ourselves then it is easy to find flaw with others. If we feel insecure, it is easy to only see the outstanding qualities of others to reinforce our insecurity.Be the best person you can, do the best you can, and be proud of your achievements. Respect others and be proud of their achievements also.

Appreciate the good and forgive the bad in everyone.

There is good in everyone. If you look for the good in people you will find happiness and many friends.

Never forget that our judgements are subjective.

The difference between a weed and a flower is only in the way we perceive and classify them, not in the flowers themselves.Any judgement we make is based on our perceptions of the evidence we see. However, we have no way of knowing if we have seen all the evidence or if our perceptions are correct. If we were all objective and had access to all the evidence then all our opinions would be the same. As humans, we make millions of different interpretations of the truth. You have just as much right to your opinions as anyone else but you should never forget that they are subjective and therefore not necessarily as correct as they may seem.


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