Reality (Response Requested)

When I look at a globe
I am awestruck by the
vastness of the world

By the millions and millions
of people who are living
their lives based on
circumstances they were
born into

Their reality....

From the child born in
the best hospital with
an oral fixation on
a silver spoon

To the child that is born
in a field, delivered by his
own mother, who will know
nothing more than poverty,
hunger, and human suffering

That child may witness
death on a daily basis
leaving him with little
regard for human life

That child may grow up
to believe that there
is justification in killing
his neighbor

If it is a means to
his next meal

Each and every one of us
believe that our reality
is the only reality

In actuality each of us
lives inside our own globe

Our own sphere that holds
together the beliefs and
experiences that have
created and shaped our reality

Those spheres keep
us one with our
fears, prejudice,
moral judgement, and
values

That have been cultivated
throughout centuries
and passed down to us,
as if they were genes

They might as well be genes,
they influence every part
of our lives, every decision
we make

Won't you consider this
and post a comment listing one
or more beliefs or behaviors
that may be a result of
your circumstances

Your sphere of reality

Broken

I have everything that I have ever wanted or so it would seem I still feel like I am searching most probably for something that doesn't even exist +++++ (Finn posted that, curious little fellow) God I love these dogs, I have become the crazy dog lady There are so many ghosts and memories that seem to haunt me I can't relate to my family, which seems so strange when it shouldn't, they have always been nuts It is so very hard to sit next to my mother and listen to all her pleasantries and bullshit when I know she resents me so I have my own adorable home my car is paid for and I just bought the boat I have always wanted So what am I so terrified of? My dad is such a wonderful man not easy to communicate with but what man is really? I don't know what I would do without him He does so much for me It will be two years since my divorce soon I don't feel any regrets about that But I do miss having the back up income and not having to worry so about my job Every action has a reaction and every choice has it's price Actually everything has it's price I'm finding A friend of mine told me that my body (sick all of the time) is trying to tell me something Is that it, or has it finally, simply, anticlimactically BROKEN