How do you view your world?

I came upon an interesting question the other day.  Actually, it was more of an answer.

The question:  How do you view your world?

The answer I read is almost impossible to explain without plagiarizing.

Basically, the choices we make in viewing our world ultimately determines our history.  Moreover, we have become a society based upon what we see.  While that's fine, we often forget that those visuals are imperfect in that they only capture so much of the story.  So, we store those visuals in our memory, and then forget the history of it.  Worse yet, when we access those same visuals, the story changes.

Seriously, it took me almost a week to process this.  In a society of soundbites and visual overload, this presents a very strange dilemma for our future.

How will the next generations remember us?  Will they remember the actual story, or just some representation of us in a picture.  

Therefore, we must choose the lens through which we watch our world very carefully.  Conversely, we might consider that very same lens which points at us.  Does it capture your history?  What will people say, or think, when they see your history?  Will it be a mere social media timeline?  What do you want to say about yourself?

Peace

"Look and think before opening the shutter.  The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera."

-Yousuf Karsh