Perception is What You Make it

Prompt: Perception

Perception is defined as the act or faculty of apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding. Perception may have one definition but every one has thier own understanding of perception on diffrent subjects or ideas. My percepon on a certain subject might be totally diffrent of your perception of the same subject. For example, I might think that New York is the most exciting city in the United States. Contradictively, you may think New York is routine and fast paced.

Ones perception can derive from his life experiences such as his culture, race or gender. No matter what the factor is, the diffrence in perspective is in ones personal opinion. What you may see to be true may be a completely diffrent for the person sitting next to you everyday. So even though you might share some experieces, other experiences may have a key impact on the thoughts or ideas of the other person.

Some perceptions are taken to be commonly accepted by society. Some examples would be, that it takes money to live and become able to survive on your own. A personal perception would be that it takes money to be happy. The diffrence between the two is that it can most likely argued that it doesn't take money to be happy. On the other hand, not many people can argue that you can live on your own with out money.

Although some perceptions can be defined as truth, perception is never permanent. Any string of events can change perception; whether it is a commonly accepted or just ones opinoin. In many cases we find this to be difficult to achieve but perception can be altered when a tramatic event or life catalyst is involved.