Quotes about Perception

What you choose to focus on becomes your reality.

As Albert Einstein so aptly noted, "The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.

What you can and can't afford is all in your mind.

Byron Katie says, "We don't attach to people or things, we attach to uninvestigated concepts that we believe to be true in the moment.

You have already created the "reality" in which you exist via the thoughts, beliefs, mantras, habits, and actions you've repeated over and over throughout your life.

Our perception of reality is also greatly influenced by our words. Words bring our thoughts and beliefs to life and help anchor them into our "realities" through repetition.

realize I'm making it sound like we're all crazy, but that's because we kind of are.     Most people are living in an illusion based on someone else's beliefs. Until

When it comes to money, who and what you surround yourself with has a huge effect on how you perceive it and feel about it. Your environment helps define what you consider to be expensive or cheap, a wise or stupid purchase, and how much you'll allow yourself to make. In fact, here's a sobering exercise:

We're so deeply wrapped up in our stories—I don't have the money, I'm not good enough, I can't quit my job, I'm lazy, I have bad hair—trudging through life with our heads down, clinging to our false beliefs like lifeboats full of doo-doo, that we prevent ourselves from seeing the literally infinite sea of possibilities and opportunities surrounding us at every single moment.

It's sort of like not being able to enjoy sitting on your front porch anymore because it totally reeks of something foul out there. You

Instead, try seeing yourself through the eyes of someone who admires you. They get it. They believe in you leaps and bounds. They aren't connected to your insecurities and negative beliefs about yourself. All they see is your true glory and potential. Become one of your own die-hard fans, look at yourself from the outside, where all your self doubts can't crawl all over you, and behold what shines through. You

Our thoughts become our words, our words become our beliefs, our beliefs become our habits, and our habits become our realities.