The situation still angers me because Bradley essentially was saying I was "less black" than he because of his perception about my educational background and job.
"My perception about people in my profession is that, unless there is some ability to look in a profound way, many come to a painful end.
It all began with a personal inquiry into the concept of busyness, which inspired my new habit of scrutinizing my perceptions about what truly 'needed' to get done on any given day.
Already I could feel all my perceptions about mental health changing, and I was learning the tools to face the world on my own.
I've had my perceptions about this place change a number of times.
This exhibition reinforced some of my perceptions about Le Corbusier as an architect - the concrete structures, the giant skyscrapers.
My perceptions about positive change, however, are not limited to myself.
My daughter and her family are in a major transition, and I recently wrote her a legacy letter sharing my perceptions about the letting go, the stress of the in-between and a blessing for the opportunities of the new.
Role models are necessary, but in the long haul they don't cause me to stop and wonder how this nugget of enlightenment changes my perceptions about myself, or the Latino American legacy.
