Look At This Picture

"A picture is worth a thousand words but your perception is worth five thousand and a sea of emotions."
Arthur R. Barnes

Have you heard the phrase a picture is worth a thousand words? I'm sure you have and if not, you have now.

On Memorial Day after having a huge cookout we went back to my cousins house to continue celebrating. The time spent together that day was mesmerizing. I began snapping pictures of family members because I keep on family pictures on the screen saver of my laptop.

When we gaze into a photo of someone or something many things shoot through our minds. Who is in the picture,where is it at, when was it taken etc. etc? All of these are viable questions we pose to ourselves before asking the photographer or picture holder.

My cousin Cynt pulled out bricks of pictures for my sister Val, her fiancee Reggie and I to come through. My eyes widened in awe because I recently lost pictures of my Aunt Audrey's birthday party that she also had. Thank God for that. Those priceless moments I will never forget and cherish. Cynthia began telling us about photos we were clueless about.

It is only after the enlightenment given by the picture holder that everything becomes crystallized. Before Cynthia's explanations of the pictures, we took a shot at it utilizing our own perceptions attempting to tell the story to ourselves. Perception is one of the most important things we possess as human beings.

Your perception is your reality. Many people only see life through their eyes of perception. You will miss a great deal in life shortchanging yourself a million times if you only use your perception of life. Your perception of life is limited to one view. Many people are stagnated, dazed and confused because of their perceptional views.

Perception is the neurological process of observation and interpretation. (Encarta Dictionary American Edition)

Change your perception change your life.

This is the fastest way to change your life. I'm tired of people running to God asking Him to change them as if he is some fairy god father from a Disney cartoon. He is not. God is not an enabler. He is not quick to do something for you that you can do for yourself. You can change your perception and change your life.

I want to turn your attention to two of the most powerful texts in the Bible on perception. King Solomon is the wisest man that ever lived and here's what he has to say on the matter. "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Where there is no vision people perish." (Proverbs 23:7;29:18)

Ask yourself, what part(s) of my life is perishing because of my thinking or views?