“When I say “perception is reality”, I mean whatever you think is the truth, is your truth.” - Kanye West
This is spot-on. THE truth is out there, but all we can ever know is OUR truth. Fortunately, it is possible for the two to align. When we assume and insist that OUR truth is always THE truth, this is nothing more than pride.
“Pride is a spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense.” - C. S. Lewis
- Jeremy
Why do people routinely mistake new/different for better? We’ve all done it, yet new/different rarely is better. Here’s something new and different: learn to be happy with what you have. How do you do this? You start with being grateful and choosing to be content.
- Jeremy
Shockingly-disturbing health effects of soda (via www.thedailygreen.com):
I turn 30 in a week. This last year has been an interesting one. There has been lots of soul searching and reconsideration of my beliefs and priorities. The whole process has been as rewarding as it has been painful. I hope to find time to jot down some of the insights I feel I have stumbled upon. For now, let me leave you with this realization:
The key to enjoying life is not learning to change things into how you would like them, but learning to like things once they’ve changed. At best, control is nothing more than an illusion. Love. Forgive. (Try to) Forget.
Until next time…
- Jeremy
Yes, I really am a cartoon.
