| I do believe perception is made by the eyes of the | | | | make situations complicated. From the time I was a |
| beholder. When I am in a situation along with two | | | | young child up until I got sober, life was not happy |
| other people we all see what it is we want to see. | | | | for me therefore every situation that occurred |
| One person can describe a situation through their | | | | throughout this time frame had a negative impact on |
| eyes and describe it just as it happened. I believe the | | | | how my life would continue. |
| basis for perceiving a situation is based on the | | | | Maybe things would have been different if as a very |
| mindset and attitude of the individual. As I previously | | | | young child I was given the opportunity to be happy |
| stated, one of the three people watching a situation | | | | and just enjoy life, but unfortunately I wasn't. I am |
| is able to perceive the situation for what it is without | | | | sure there are thousands of people that have had a |
| judgment or feeling. | | | | childhood similar to mine but turned out to have a |
| The second individual that is perceiving the situation | | | | great life without alcohol. This is where I feel that |
| could take a angry spin because they have some | | | | genetics and traits come into play, I was born into an |
| type of personal feeling towards what has occurred. | | | | addictive personality that unfortunately, could not be |
| The attitude of the second individual is one that | | | | changed. The difference with me was that I had no |
| places blame on everyone else and that everyone | | | | reason to perceive life differently, so I went down |
| else is out to get them. The same situation could | | | | the wrong path. |
| occur but one's perception truly differs from another | | | | My coping mechanism began at an early age with |
| which does not make either individual right or wrong. | | | | using alcohol as my crutch but that was my choice at |
| The third person could perceive the situation | | | | the beginning and it turned into a life altering disease. |
| completely different than the first and second | | | | Alcohol was my choice of making me feel better |
| individuals. A positive spin could come from this | | | | about a life that I perceived as terrible and nothing |
| individual even though the first two did not see this. | | | | could be done to make it better. I did not have a |
| It is difficult to make a case to someone that views | | | | positive perception of life because I had been |
| life differently than others do but it still does not | | | | brought up no other way, so as life continued I had |
| make them right or wrong, it is solely an opinion. | | | | the mindset that no one was going to help me get |
| Perception is the basis for my writing; because each | | | | to where I wanted to be, so I would need to do it |
| situation that occurred that I was involved in was | | | | my self. |
| viewed exactly how I live my life and view situations. | | | | The basis for perception is my life was attitude, and |
| Others may have had different thoughts or | | | | my attitude at a young age was not positive which in |
| perceptions on how life was previously but that does | | | | turn just into trouble. I made the right choices late in |
| not make any one of us right or wrong. Each | | | | life and that is when my perception on life turned |
| situation that occurred to me as a child impacted me | | | | positive. |
| differently than other people involved and that can | | | | |