Perceptions = 90% of our truth
I firmly believe that. We only see what we want to see and hear what we want to hear.
Case in point: Recently, I planned an activity. The day before said activity, I intended to ask a certain person if they would like to come with me. Then, certain person mentioned they had plans with friends the evening of the planned activity, so I didn't invite them. Later, I invited another person to the activity.
The first person then told others who were at the activity that they never get invited to do anything, that they are always left out, etc. HOWEVER, the "uninvited" person is only seeing and hearing what they want to see. Instead of going directly to the person (me) that didn't invite them and asking about the reasons they were not invited, they made assumptions and unfounded accusations.
The stupid thing is that what they want to see and what they want to hear is complete untruth! Their perception equals 90% of their truth, and their perception is totally (100%) wrong. Maybe people should check their facts before making judgments instead of basing everything on perceptions. If you're going to base everything on perceptions, learn to ask questions first and go directly to the source before assuming you know what's going on.
Otherwise, remember that YOUR perception is not even .001% of MY truth, and that means you're basically crazy and have no clue what you're talking about.
1 comment:
Did you listen or read President Monson's talk at the RS General Conference? This entry totally reminded me of his opening story about the women judging her neighbor about how awful her laundry looked and that someone needed to show her how to do it properly. Turns out that her window was dirty and she wasn't really seeing the truth ... This post reminded me of that. It's a lesson that we always have to learn over and over again. It's true ... people see what they want to see and hear. Their perception is their reality. Why complicate things when you don't have to ... people's feelbads end up getting hurt. Miss you Katie and love reading your blog.
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