I can see clearly now ... can't I?

World. View.

Worldview?

Every day, we are assaulted by talking heads, pushing us to accept some 'obvious' truth, or 'point of view' ... 

GenX/Yer    Millennial      Mosaic         ...?

Liberal  Conservative   Moderate    Radical       ...?        Tween  Teen   Twenty-    Thirty-something        …?

Optimist  Pessimist   Realist     Fatalist      Idealist         …?

     Do we know why we see things the way we do? 

Did we acquire our perspective from the media, the years, the culture?   From stories our father told?
Or perhaps we were dragged to it by life's circumstances.  
Do we see things clearly?   

One sociologist, for an example, describes us in terms of how we view people outside our own circle.  If we visited a dozen places, what might we see?

People as:
(1) interesting illustrations in dress and manner, or as 
(2) folks with whom you might interact as you travel and shop and eat, or as 
(3) potential friends, even extensions of your own circle of family and intimate friends.  

It's another way to describe our view, a continuum from isolation to social integration.  Does it help?  How many more such differentiations might there be?

   We hope to understand the world we see, to avoid narrow-mindedness born of ignorance.   

  We hope to make the world a better place for our having been in it.  

So what might one do for a better worldview?  
You can choose, you know.  

As a youngster, I was told with a smile ...

 Things are not as they seem.
    You were born into a world at war.
       Everything you do counts.

Perhaps a helpful beginning point.