Self-awareness & Sunglasses

To me, the world is pink…

Because I’m wearing these pink sunglasses.

As I look out to the world, through these sunglasses, the pink tint of the lens augments my perception of reality.?

How long have I been wearing these sunglasses? Maybe a minute. Maybe a decade.??

Self-awareness is realizing I’ve been wearing a pair of pink sunglasses.?

I become aware that I’m wearing these sunglasses, and for a moment, I take them off my face.

I look at them, not through them.?

For a brief moment, I see objectively.?

And then the pink sunglasses slide back on my face, and the world looks pink again.??

I begin again.?

But perhaps this time, I remember to notice the sunglasses on my face just a little sooner than last time.?

That’s the practice of self-awareness.???

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