Self-awareness - perception

Perception is reality.  In other words how we look and feel about a situation dictates our attitude toward it, how we behave and the action we take.

We have a perception about everything.  The stronger our perception is the more obvious it becomes to others how we feel and what we think about the situation.  The more we perceive the situation as either favourable or unfavourable the easier it is to observe our point of view. 

When we are more aware of ourselves we can begin to recognise what we think and how we feel about a situation and therefore we are more consciously able to realise how our perception is affecting our behaviours and actions.

For example we perceive a situation to be exciting, interesting and enjoyable therefore the behaviour and attitude others might observe us adopting will clearly demonstrate to them that our perception toward this situation is favourable.  The more self-aware we become the more we are able to recognise our own behaviours and attitudes toward situations.  The more we are able to determine if our thoughts and feelings are destructive or constructive the more we are able to choose to avoid the destructive and engage with the constructive.