by Merci Gracia | Sep 2, 2019 | Perception
It’s absolutely normal to center our world view around our own concerns. This is a natural pre-occupation. Survival is our first and foremost concern and that is all about us. Given this hard-wired perspective, it’s easy to forget that every other person...
by Merci Gracia | Jun 2, 2019 | interpretation, Perception
The way we experience life is a result of how we frame the information we collect. We aren’t responsible for how we initially interpret what happens, that’s a product of our conditioning. However, we can reformulate, reassess and re-position almost...
by Merci Gracia | Jun 1, 2019 | Perception
Our perspective about anything is relative to our position. Since others are standing elsewhere, their ideas and feelings are sometimes incomprehensible. When the very same thing is seen from another angle through a different lens, it doesn’t seem as legitimate....
by Merci Gracia | Apr 18, 2019 | Judgments, Perception
Because we’re each operating in our own, self-fabricated world, we are sometimes offended by things that weren’t meant to be offensive. We all interpret our experiences according to our memories and programming. We can even subconsciously like and dislike...
by Merci Gracia | Apr 13, 2019 | Perception
The world we perceive is filtered through our personal experience. Our perception is inextricably linked to where we’ve been and what we’ve done. When we’re upset, it’s always with ourselves. We may be unhappy that someone’s speech or...
by Merci Gracia | Mar 15, 2019 | Perception
Life inevitably contains a full spectrum of emotions. Sometimes things seem perfect, sometimes they don’t. If we consciously choose the perspective that every situation possesses some benefit for us, our life experience will be very different than if we view...