Nothing Is As It Seems

The days are winding down and summer vacation is shortly approaching- the weather feels pretty nice... not too hot or too cool. Flowers are blooming on trees, children run after each other underneath monkey bars on mulch covered playgrounds, couples set up picnics in parks, and amidst all the beauty that this time of the year brings, I am stuck in the mindset of partial insanity.
I'm starting to realize that I see myself in a different way than other view me and vice versa. My personal problems and victories are emphasized, while the triumphs and failures of others are minimized in my mind. I can only see as far as God will let me and within my peripheral I see that what I've faced in life isn't what others conjure it up to be- only I can determine the depth of my circumstances. I've seen the lives of others and within my observation I've gathered the understanding that what seems to be so beautiful and delicate on the surface could really be crumbling from decay on the inside. Whether it be simple perception or complicated relationships, what you see happening in the lives/ to the lives of other individuals is not at all what you had imagined it to be.