One cannot change the world around them; its agenda’s or even those persons in their immediate circle without first changing your inner voice. The manner in which you engage and perceive your world and everyone around you determines your own reality. Your interpretation of events and people determines a positive or negative experience. This concept has been a part of many graduation speeches and inspirational messages and yet we do not practice its basic principles. It is not a new idea, just an old idea needing a new resurgence. In times of distress or worry, we lose sight of the bigger picture; everything is relative. You have a positive or negative experience relative to someone or something else. In and of its self the situation is what it is, but once quantified relative to something else it hold or loses its value. A common example of this is your job; you complain about the hours, working conditions, and the wage and in your reality you have every right to be unhappy because you are not working in an environment of which you enjoy and can flourish. That same job is perceived by another as a positive and wonderful opportunity. To