Little drops of water shining so brilliantly on a leaf are not just like gemstones, they are like little lenses.
It’s good couple of decades since I read “Lens of Perception“, but I remember being very taken with the author’s metaphor of the lens. We can only experience the world from our unique, subjective viewpoint, and our perception is continuously influenced by not only our personal make up and characteristics, but by our stories – created from our past experiences, memories, beliefs and values and by our imagination (so full of fears, anxieties, hopes, dreams and expectations).
It’s good to become aware of those lenses we wear all the time – we see the whole of Life through them.
Heroes Not Zombies 
[…] which shows the surrounding world upside down. Reminds me how everything we experience is through our personal lens, so our view of the world is always our unique, singular […]