Credo

Credo

The primary tenant of my creed is perception dictates reality.  I believe the only true consistency in life is that change will always come.  Striving to remember the primary tenant helps me adapt and work through the ever-changing landscape of life.   It is nearly impossible to change things external to myself, especially other people.  Instead of working to convince others to change, I instead work to change how I understand a situation or circumstance.  Behavior is a direct result of perception; therefore instead of laboring to change my behavior, I work on shifting perception.  An easy example of how changing perception leads to adjusting behavior and reality is a hot stove.  The stove by itself is a metal box, with other smaller parts installed throughout it.  If I am aware of a stove being in my vicinity, I am unlikely to pay any special attention to it.  If, however, I am aware that the stove is hot, before anything else changes, my perception of the stove changes.  Instead of being an inanimate object, the stove is now a possible danger.  Now that my perception has shifted, my behavior also changes, and now I am careful around the stove.  I believe people are very powerful, capable beings, whose greatest source of power comes from the ability to shape reality just by altering their perception.