There's things as they are, and things as we see them

Very true, and why I ask questions so as not to be rude or presumptuous!

[quote] “We see the world, not as it is, but as we are ─ or, as we are conditioned to see it.”
― Stephen R. Covey[/quote]

Do you mean like some people look out a window and see delicate snowflakes while others see sludge and icy roads?

Yeah...and they are often not the same...

Well observed.

Innit

Yaaaas