a better state of mind?
It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
Carl Sagan
I’m reminded of something that my optometrist once said to me as she marveled, you really don’t like your vision to be fully corrected do you?
Today I still find a lot of truth in that, I don’t want to see things as they are but as they could be and my cameras allow me that luxury.
It’s a constant struggle between the optimist in me and the voice of reality that roots for people to change and to somehow become what they’re really not.
But people don’t change do they? They are exactly who they are when the mask slips and you see what lies behind.
And no matter how much I would like it to be different, that beautiful snow-covered peak will always just be a roofline.
it's (almost always) about the water... 
Yes, it is so tempting…