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Saturday, September 10, 2011

Perception vs Reality

This morning the Lee/Hill household was involved in a situation that I thought beautifully illustrated the concept that what we call reality is merely an illusion projected onto our brains as experience passes through the prism of our perceptions just as light passing through raindrops creates the illusion of the rainbow.

Josie's Morning
Josie is woken up by Kaylee excited to see Josie sleeping in her room.
Josie, being such a good babysitter, takes her cousin downstairs to get some breakfast.
Opening the fridge Kaylee points and squeals "Yoghurt! I want yoghurt!".
"Okay Kaylee" replies the very professional babysitter, "we'll get you yoghurt for breakfast."
Taking the large yoghurt container over to the bench Josie tips the yoghurt into a bowl and, along with a spoon, places it on the dinning table in front of Kaylee's highchair where Kaylee waits in wild anticipation.
Kaylee gleefully begins to tuck into her breakfast and Josie smiles beatifically and nods to herself in the satisfaction of a job well done.

Wendy's Morning
Having woken to the blissful sounds of silence (ie no screaming children) Wendy wanders downstairs to find her eldest child gleefully tucking into a block of butter that Wendy had stored in the empty yoghurt container the previous day.

It's all in the way you perceive the world around you people.
Enjoy your day and watch out for the butter.




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