If we are to truly seek justice for those who deserve it, remember to save our opinions until we hear all sides of the story. The idea behind any accusation however is to keep an open mind to all possibilities.

So we are almost always ready to believe a child when they claim such a thing. When we refuse to allow any flexibility in our perceptions, we close our minds to possibility and sometimes even the truth.Ĭhild sexual molestation and abuse is a very awful and painful reality, and there are simply too many children that fall victim to it. Our perceptions are what define our behavior. In other words, there were still people whose perceptions created the alternate reality that made this teacher’s life hard even when the rest of the world knew he was innocent. This was even after the girl told her Facebook friends that the whole thing was a joke! In most cases, it probably is and in all cases, an investigation should definitely ensue.Įven after the teacher was acquitted of all charges by a jury in a record 47 minutes, there were still protesters that absolutely believed the girl was molested and that he was guilty. Our perception is that if a child says that an adult touched them in a sexual way, it must be true. But without even talking to the girl, police investigators came into the school and arrested the teacher. There are real cases of molestation so things like this, unfortunately, do happen. All of this happened because almost everyone believed that young girl’s story. The man lost his job, his reputation became tarnished, and his family went through hell all because a student made something up. And later on, it was found that she made the whole thing up. None of her comments turned out to be true. She said he brought her into an equipment room and attempted to force himself upon her on top of some tumbling mats.

On a previous episode of my podcast, I talked about how a male gym teacher was arrested in Virginia for sexually harassing a young female student. It doesn’t get any more direct than that. Jim Brown says “ your perception is your problem“.

It is the path to belief, and you will almost always act upon what you believe. Perception is powerful and creates what’s true for you. I want to work on your perceptions and help you see that there is always more to what you see and that your life can be so much less stressful if you just decide to expand your perception. Brown is saying if you can’t accept me because of some false reality that you created about me, that is your fault, not mine. I love how much confidence there is in this quote. I am who I am, and if you don’t take the time to learn about that, then your perception is going to be your problem. I’m not interested in trying to work on people’s perceptions. How perception controls your emotional state This article is a reminder that what you think is true may just be an alternate reality that you made up. Your perceptions define your reality, and your behavior is based on what you believe to be real. Who is affected by your behavior when you depend on a belief that may actually be incorrect? But what about when you know you’re right and you decide to take action on that “knowledge”? You are not always right, this you already know. In fact, those two things can be so far removed from each other, you might wonder how you ever thought what you thought in the first place. What you perceive to be true and what is actually true aren’t always the same.

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