Perception is EVERYTHING.

I am not much of a speaker especially a motivational one because I find it hard to even motivate myself. There are days when I don’t want to do a thing but then I remember what I have to lose and I get back on my ass. Okay. I believe the reason I am working a lot here is because I see something in myself despite the odds. I believe in myself and it is a wonderful thing to be able to push forward with no fear of what you’ve got to lose because, I’m only here temporarily right? One day, this world will crumble and fall so why should I not be fierce and tenacious in getting what I want? Why should I hold back when I very much know that in the end, I’ll still be gone anyway? Why hold back? What else have I got to lose?

See, these are the thoughts that ring in my head all day because it is terrifying that I will leave this world someday without leaving a mark. That’s the saddest thing I can think of. I also look around me and think (it may seem insensitive) maybe life wouldn’t be this way if we all had the mindset that life doesn’t go on forever. If you ask me what I would change about the world, anything, I would say without doubt, Perception.

Perception is a very rare yet common currency in the world today. Rare because we don’t fully understand it’s value and Common because we use it all the damn time. Perception is a weapon that can be used for ultimate good or used to destroy. The first thing I would do is change my own perception. See things from a different perspective and trajectory. The reason I would start with me is because I know that once I can change within, I can be without! And that is what I feel the whole world needs. Every individual, each mind and person, working to change things from within.

The reason why everything is so wrong with the world today is misconception. Everyone wants to be heard, to be loved, to be held and to be a star. But they don’t want to do the same. I wonder many times, am I among these set of people? Of course I am! I see it everyday in the choices I make or try not to make. My first course of action boils on the negative or something not profitable to people around me and I just know I have to change my perception. Change how I think because just as I was telling Tengo today, I am a powerful, ambitious and hungry woman.

I know that if I do not work hard on how I view things, I will hurt people I love and those who don’t deserve it with my actions in my pursuit of greatness. See? That’s what I’m trying to show you. What I’m getting at is, the reason for the chaos, selfishness, pain and destruction in the world is humans themselves. The world they have within is what they bring without and then there’s a clash of worlds and people can’t tolerate each other anymore. Today my pastor said, “Treat people the way you want to be treated.”

We have used that line so many times that it flies right over our heads. If you were that bike man/taxi driver, how would you like to be treated by your passenger? If you were the sales personnel, how would you like to be spoken to? If you where that Trash collector, how would you like to be treated?

I know I’d like to be appreciated. This is why “Thank You” leaves my mouth to anyone no matter the service. Whether I paid or not. It is all about our perceptions. The reason why people hurt others now is because they don’t care. And they don’t care because they don’t know. If God were to do a 24 hour swap in the world, many would be dead before the first hour is over. But I guess this is why you are given what you can bear. Because God is perceptive. He understands limits.

So, if I could change something, I’d change that. I will somehow alter the way people perceive things. The way we just ride into the sun when a child is just at our doorstep hungry and dirty. It is our hearts I will change. Because perception is EVERYTHING!

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