Up until roughly two years ago my family was what I thought to be your typical average family, we had a nice house big enough for all of us, we never seemed to have what I'd consider money problems, and us kids had both of our parents intact and married. Just over two years ago however this perception/reality changed dramatically, and very quickly.
We found out that my parents we're splitting up for reasons I've mentioned in earlier blogs, and also that we did have quite bad money problems, of which I'm not going to go into. Shortly before this point in time however several months before, this shattering of perception also happened to one of my best friends.
The reason I bring this up today, is because earlier on this week I received the news that some old family friends of my family were going through the same thing; things occurred, and the parents split up. Due to this being my old friends parents, I thought it only right to see if he was alright, and offer some kind of advice.
The moment I started to type the message to my friend offering advice however, my perception changed again, from this event/thing is happening to me also, to this event/thing has happened to me. Since that day when I think of the situation of my parents, it now doesn't feel as if its still happening, but instead that it's happened and is now happening to someone else. Weirdly like splitting up is a turn based thing, that the most recent takes precedent.
In a way this new perception of things actually feels better than the last though, like I've been through something and I now have knowledge and experience gained from it.
I guess I don't really have a point to this blog, other than the fact that, perceptions, whether they be about a person, an event that's happened, or in viewing a way of life, can be sometimes misleading, can sometimes have a large effect and can sometimes can change in the blink of an eye.
Perception, now ranked up there with Hindsight, on my list of annoying thoughts and feelings.
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