Every head is its own world.
Funny, I still remember when I was a teenager and my mom quoting the following to me:
We see the world as we are, not as it is.
Funny thing is at the time I thought, “How can you say that, mom? … Of course I am not that blind that I don’t see the world as it really is. I am a mature 17 year old. I can handle the truth! In fact, I see the world perfectly clear just as it is!”
When I got to my legal class in college it was put to me this way:
In Law there is your story, their story, and the truth. The truth usually lies somewhere between the stories.
Okay, sure people are only going to be able to tell you what they thought or how they saw it. Does that really mean that there is no truth to what they say? Does that really make everyone out to be a liar?
But the best yet was when I heard this phrase:
Cada cabeza su mundo.
Or as I translated it… “Every head is its own world.”
Today, to me, its not just about seeing truth, its about seeing the whole picture. And even more, its seeing the whole of it and choosing what to focus on. Its easy when you sit in a movie theater to just fall into a trance and watch the big screen. In fact, that’s what everybody is doing in that theater… unless you are the cinema janitor and then that theater and movie take on a whole new meaning…. “Work” …. Better yet, next time you are in a theater try opting to watch the crowd instead. =)
Every head is its own world…
We create our own world and our own experiences. I can have a good day and my neighbor a bad day, on the exact same day. Optimism is about choosing to see the beautiful things in life.
Every head is its own world…
I don’t ignore that there are problems in my world. I don’t promote ignorance. I promote acceptance of the whole picture, and then the choice to focus on that which inspires and uplifts. Perhaps my head is its own beautiful world.
