Mastery of Perception

Mastery of perception is the mother of the fulfilled life. You see, we think we see things as they are, but we really see things as we are. The way we view the world is really like a pair of glasses that we put on each day. And we decide if we're going to put on the glasses of optimism and hope, or the glasses of negativism and despair.

Marcus Aurelius once said, "remove the complaint of the harm that was done and you remove the harm". If only we would stop complaining about the thing, it would go away. Another person said, "everything you encounter is a mirror". You may choose to see the beauty of God in it, or you may choose to see yourself differently (and that's the one foot view, the point blank, the in your face... bitch). So the perception, and the focal point of our daily lives, becomes what drives how we feel. The sum of how we feel each day determines the quality of our life as a whole.

Most of this is not new news. It is old news, in fact. So, what is the high level 10,000 foot view? How, with a capital H, can we begin to change for the better our perception of the world around us? The number one way we can change our perception of the world around us, in a way that benefits us the most, is to embrace the fact that things in this "life happens FOR us, and not TO us".

 

I'm not sure where this phrase originated, but I've heard it said by Jim Carrey and Tony Robbins and probably a few others. This is a great starting point by which to frame your entire life. The most beneficial part of this belief is how it recruits all of your faculties to use both transgressions and negative points in your life as well as positive points in your life to create something that is going to benefit you.

 

If you learn to do this well, it becomes like a superpower.