I think that is absolutely in line with what I mean. That’s a great quote and I’ve not heard it before, thanks for posting it.

Don’t worry about the typo, I just left a comment at http://www.illuminatedmind.net, made 3 typos and sounded like a gibbering idiot. It happens ;-)

Tim, I know I late responding to this post. I actually read it the other day and wanted to take some time to think about it and what I wanted to say…

I read a quote recently from some wise source (I don’t remember who) that goes like this:

“You don’t see the world as it is, but as you are.”

Does that go right along with this or what?!

I think from that quote we can say that things are as they are… ie. My friend is healthy or she died, I am am Asian or Mexican, I am single or married, my grass is 1 foot tall or 2 inches tall, my dog barks loud or he never barks. Things are the way they are. Things happen. But how we view them is all up to us – we see things as they are based on past expereinces, our upbringing, maybe even our genes, etc., All of those things affect how we see EVERYTHING, but the best part of it all, is that we have the power to train ourselves here and now how we see EVERYTHING (ie – our reality of these things.) Our reality (or maybe it would be better to say “our reaction to reality”) is what we make it to be.

Way to make us think, Tim! Thanks.

@ Jennifer – Your example is about as great as they come and I love hearing about stuff like that. Is is LOA? Who knows and quite frankly who cares as long as it works?

@ Vered – True and I’m with on the head pain, I think we’ll keep quiet next time or talk about the relative merits of tank tops versus cardigans.

@ Evan – Now you did it, my head just exploded.

Fascinating debate everybody and thanks for taking part.