“What the eyes see and the ears hear,
the mind believes.”
-Harry Houdini
The other night I had a dream I was at my sister’s house. Our late mother was there and offered to make us green smoothies. I watched as she put one single baby spinach leaf in the blender, an enormous amount of ice cream, then added some green food coloring. Yes, technically it was a green colored drink, but it was definitely not a healthy green smoothie. (I have weird dreams.) There are so many instances in life where appearances can be deceiving. It’s important to pull back the curtain and see the truth.
Sometimes the great Wizard of Oz is just a man.
We live in an age of photoshop, snapchat filters, autotune, deceiving advertising, fake online profiles etc.
It seems almost everything is staged and contrived. All an illusion.
There are many items in grocery stores and even health food stores that are labeled and marketed as healthy. Then when you look at the ingredients they are horrific. It’s important to do research, read the fine print, and wise up to marketing tricks. Things aren’t always what they appear to be.
To quote the incredible Henry David Thoreau,
“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”
The grass is greener on the other side, you get there and it’s not grass at all, it’s AstroTurf!
-OR-
The grass is greener wherever it gets watered and cared for.
Neighbors who look rich, but are actually drowning in debt.
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Neighbors who are actually rich because they’ve made smart decisions.
We don’t need to concern ourselves so much with what others are doing. As a society we’ve become obsessed with social media and what everyone else is doing all of the time.
I’m not saying we shouldn’t be inspired by others, develop friendships, enjoy entertainment, or daydream. There is certainly a time and place for illusions. They can be a coping mechanism, stress reliever, or just plain fun.
There is a huge difference between indulging imagination and being deceived.
“Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.”
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Peace & Love
-Kayla Oliver
