Perceptions

Thinking about perceptions people have, of themselves and of others in their lives. Because when we were in Unity for Thanksgiving last weekend, Jonathan asked me about my ADD and we had a fairly long discussion that consisted mainly of me & Michael explaining to him that I do, in fact, have ADD - while Jonny kept countering us with his perceptions of how I am and who I am.

What was most interesting about this exchange was how much light it shed on Jonathan's own self-perception.

He said that I am always diagnosing everyone in the family with things, which isn't completely accurate. He also said that I did really well in school, that it was easy for me, so I must not have ADD (also not a completely accurate perception). And he said that he doesn't have good social skills, which I found interesting because I have always thought that he was the most well-adjusted and most socially "with it" one of us kids.

Our perceptions of ourselves and others are obviously not accurate. I wonder how accurately we really see ourselves? I think God must be the only one who truly sees us - the only one who knows us for who we really are - because He made us, He created us, and He sees us as we were, as we are, and as we will be.