{"id":12457,"date":"2014-07-01T02:18:38","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T02:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/blog\/laurieasava\/?p=68"},"modified":"2014-07-01T02:18:38","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T02:18:38","slug":"reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Reality?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am a girl who likes to see the glass half full. A girl who sees the sky as partly sunny not partly cloudy. A girl who tries to be optimistic in the worst times. That might be the reason that I have found myself in the place I am now. I see Detroit as a beautiful city filled with wonderful people and handsome opportunity. However, recently I had a conversation about reality. Which got me thinking, what is reality?<\/p>\n

\nAccording to Google, reality is \u201cthe world or the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, indeed I do see the rougher side of things. The side of misrepresented or misunderstood people, the side of greed, anger and crime \u2013 just to name a few of the things that Detroit has. But that does not mean that I should ignore what\u2019s beautiful.
\nI live in a beautiful world where the trees, grass, flowers and buildings around me are all works of art. People, whether tall, small, Caucasian, African American or Indian – we are all human and wonderful. Our laughter, our cries, our fears and our hopes make us all simply beautiful. As one who is constantly told to \u201cbe realistic,\u201d I would like to say just because I see the bad and the good does not mean I do not live in reality.
\nReality is complex and has both good and bad – and I think that, in Detroit, we are constantly reminded of the hardships, but need to also remind ourselves of the good.<\/p>\n

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