Two people could be walking down the same street, yet living in two completely different worlds.

Truly our perception is what creates our reality and much of this is a result of what we focus our attention on. Let say for example you are walking down the street and you are looking to the sky. The sun is shining and the sky is a vivid blue, and the trees in the distance complement the colours. A rich green foliage illuminated by the suns rays. The bird are doing there thing, making sweet noises to arouse the ears, and the warm sun on your skin fills you with warmth.

Meanwhile there is a broken bottle in the gutter, and rubbish in all the garden beds and on the street footpath. Not to mention all the skid marks on the road obviously left there by some young hoons. There is graffiti on the buildings and a smashed window in one of the shops.

What do you see? This is an example of what worlds exist and what choices we have. This not only happens on the outside, but within our own character too.

There is an interesting connection I have found within myself after noticing the local newspaper. The newspaper focused on all the bad things that have happened in the world; the front page has pictures of a man with a gun to his head, followed by a school gone bad, and a fire burning, to a car crash that killed three young kids… and on it goes… I noticed that this is what I do in my mind.

There is so much good in me. My character is at large very positive. The most of what I do in my interactions with others comes from a good space. A will to give and help and see the good in others. Then there are the not so good parts of myself, that for some reason seem to always get the front page. There seems to be large proportions of my thoughts that are occupied with thoughts of all my defects and what I do that I don’t like in myself and how I’m just not the person I should be.

So there is the power of focus playing out it’s deeds again on my state. To focus in on the bad parts of my character, and see all the things I should be doing, or not doing, doesn’t inspire me, but puts me in a hole. To see the good in my character, my pure intentions, the good deeds I do in my day inspires and creates more of these positive actions.

So in essence…. The more I see the good things in my world and in myself, the better I will feel and the more good I will create. The more I create the more I will see. There is an upward spiral that will take me to great heights. So what do you see?