What is your reality?

Greetings to all!!! I pray the day is treating you well. It has been a while since my last post so forgive my tardiness. My question for today is......"What is your reality"? I spent a wonderful evening Saturday night with my nephews. One of them told me I have a hard time separating my image from my reality. When he said it, it truly struck a cord and was right on honest. I feel we all have an "image" of ourselves, something we have created and try to live up to. We also have an image that was created via our circumstances......our role in society, our life. My "image" as a child was that of a Senators daughter. The daughter of a man that in my mind was instrumental in spearheading change in this city and state. My parents created an image.....an expectation of who we were as a family and individuals. The "image" was one that included our personality, our position in life......the "social" standing we felt we held. What happens when the "image" that was created was destroyed? What happens when the individuals left to deal with a new reality struggle with maintaining the image that was created for them? My other nephew is very inquisitive about the family "secrets". The truth that lies behind the greatness of a man that he knew as a Grandfather and a family lifestyle he has learned about through the stories of the children who lived it. I find myself a bit perplexed by the statement I can't separate image from reality and it has opened up questions and truths in my mind. What is your image? What is your reality? What world was created for you that you now fight to maintain or was created for you but lost and you struggle to bring it back? I know who I am and what I stand for. I know what my reality is and value the life I have been given. My image and my reality are for me to create......as is yours. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and thus is reality. Create your own and let YOUR image be YOUR truth. Love you all!!!