See and say

I have a simple approach to things. If you know me, you know that I am a very simple guy. My approach is that I believe half of what I see and a fourth of what I hear. It really comes down to perception. I have had the wrong perception of things that I thought I heard or saw, which brought about this approach.

I am sure we have all done it. We hear something but we allow it to meander through our minds and what we eventually think we heard is not exactly what we heard at all. Then, when we share what we think we heard, it causes more erroneous perceptions; same thing with what we often think we see.

Today's word is a quote that I don't know to whom it is attributed but I really like it. It says, "Don't let your ears witness what your eyes didn't see; don't let your mouth speak what your heart doesn't feel."

We often allow our perception of things to cloud the truth. We allow what one person tells us to influence our belief about someone else. While everyone may have an opinion of everyone else, I truly try to form my own opinions of everyone and not take theirs. If the evidence doesn't substantiate it, I try not to let my ears formulate it.

It's easy to get drawn into things we never intend to be involved in by allowing others to influence our decisions. We would all be better off to allow ourselves to see it to believe it and to only speak the truth. You know, believe half of what you see and a fourth of what you hear.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T