Time & Perception

 

I have been on a steep learning curve since I started writing but my biggest learning is the meaning of perception. The research on this topic has not only given clarity on this issue but also clarified many doubts about my previous issues. What makes me sensitive, what helps me cope, how do I learn and what determines my success.

We all are subject to perceptions, ours and others. However, the most difficult ones are changing one. Some times in keeping with changing era, people want to keep themselves up to date with the new expectation of the world.

An interesting incident someone shared was when a family contracted corona and all except their 18-year daughter was left to manage the household. In absence of any learning of how to cook, the family survived on Maggie for first 2 days till the neighbours came to the aid. Another incidence is closer home where three members of my extended family including all females contracted the disease and the eldest son managed the healthiest food customized not only for patients but also for his grandparents. A perception broken here was girl should know cooking and boy will struggle. Maybe they both struggled and yet both of them found a way out, and end of it that is what matters.

Perceptions like these are formed with experiences and choices people make and these can be changed with time and that is the beauty of it. It is open to change and makes us hopeful about the future.

That is the power of perception and time. Its impermanence.