Personal Narrative: You See The World Differently Than Most

“You know you see the world differently than most,” my mother once said casually in a passing moment between antics. Automatically this statement set a blanket of panic over me. We were driving to the grocery store; I wasn’t expecting my mom to just drop a philosophical bomb on me. It was one of those things I never thought about before. Did I see more colors than other people? Do I actually see ghosts? Does everyone else see ghosts? What cool ghost parties have I missed out on? While the questions I first presented don’t really mean anything this was unknowingly the foundation for a core belief of mine. I believe in people’s perspective.

Eventually I realized, after many months of fretting about spooky parties, my mom did not mean literally. It’s a hard concept to accept, everyone witnesses everything differently. It’s in the little things. It’s in memorabilia, a certain spot, jokes between friends, and it’s practically in every corner and behind every wall. I think the moment I truly understood this is the moment I became a better person. I no longer mentally scolded people for being different than me. It’s cliché, and if confronted I would usually deny it. However, pretending I don’t note when someone
Every one seems to make more sense when you put on their shoes and walk for a bit. Once you try out different mindsets you become more accepting and well rounded. People’s experiences will shape how they see things. Even if I sat down every person and listened to his or her life story I still would not understand everyone. However, I can still accept that everyone has had a completely separate experience from me. I believe everyone has a perspective and that gives people different insight into life. Viewpoints are frames in which one visualizes the reality we exist in but none of us has an unbiased perspective and each one of us much substitute perfect accuracy with multitudes of