“We see and understand things not as they are but as we are.”
This quote is definitely one that makes your head explode a little. We all know about personal biases and the way that our past has shaped who we are, but when do we really take the time to sit back and think about them? When I see a piece of chocolate I immediately think "Ohh, yummy!". But I never look at a piece of chocolate and go "Ohh, that look's yummy to me, but it might not be yummy to another person. Maybe to the person sitting next to me it's a death wish (they could be allergic to chocolate) or maybe it's something they've been told to stay away from (they could be on a diet)."
The reason the chocolate is looks yummy to me is because of the way I am, not because of the way the chocolate is. The chocolate looks yummy to me because I like chocolate, because chocolate doesn't really harm me, and because I've eaten chocolate before and decided it was yummy. But, the chocolate isn't yummy to everyone and so I am seeing the chocolate as I would like to see it, not as it really is.
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