I Believe
Believe in what you see, or what you hear?
Just a thought when I was washing my plates for breakfast.
LOL.
And I meant the thought as in a person.
Say, you heard something about a person who have depression.
But you know that person.
So, in the sense, you already know the person before you heard the rumours.
If, your impression of that person is one who is cheerful, you'll find those rumours to be fake.
But if the impression isn't good, you'll probably believe anything negative you hear.
You might even talk about what you believe about that person, unconsciously to others.
Okay.
Another example.
This time, you don't know the person.
And you heard rumours.
How will you react?
In that case, if the rumours you heard came from the person who is closest to that person, you'll probably believe it.
Well, because you'll think it is true because of closeness between those people.
The closeness that you believe they share.
Therefore, before you start to even talk or understand that person, your impression of that person already has some kind of a base.
Your impression/judgement/or what you call, will be clouded.
Your actions will already be somewhat changed and not be what you don't know about that person.
But hey, what will you do if others kind of misunderstand you?
Frankly, you can't change anything about it and you know it.
After all, it is someone else's perception that you're talking about.
If you are able to change them, then good for you.
However, things just don't work that way in real life.
Sometimes you can't change about what others think of you.
Nor can they change what you think of them.
It may change over time.
It may not.
So, to live is to adapt.
You will probably change yourself to fit others' ideals.
You probably won't.
Ah well, it is your life.
Do what you want to do that you won't regret when this lifetime is over.