Adjusting Your Perception

Just because you think something is reality doesn't make it reality.

It’s easy to get stuck in the trap of “I think my life sucks, so it does.” But I am here to challenge you on that thought! It doesn’t matter what your external circumstances are (good or bad,) because internally, you’ve decided to see the world from behind a certain lens. And if you are currently in a dark place, it’s probably because you are wearing dark lenses.

Finding a different viewpoint changes the way everything looks. It’s like when you randomly sit at a different desk at work or at the opposite side of church. It’s the same place, the same noises, same smell, yet it feels like a whole new world. 

I love this description by Jim Taylor, Ph.D in Psychology Today: “Perception acts as a lens through which we view reality. Our perceptions influence how we focus on, process, remember, interpret, understand, synthesize, decide about, and act on reality. In doing so, our tendency is to assume that how we perceive reality is an accurate representation of what reality truly is. But it’s not. The problem is that the lens through which we perceive is often warped in the first place by our genetic predispositions, past experiences, prior knowledge, emotions, preconceived notions, self-interest, and cognitive distortions.”

So, today I challenge you to go through this worksheet and really look at how you perceive things in your life, because if there’s one thing I know its that if you change your perception, it changes the whole story. Do you want to change your story?