That's it really. Because it is.
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I was making a cup of tea. There was a choice of mugs.
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None of my favourite mugs were there. In the cupboard. This upset me.
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There was one that I liked the shape of. But its rim was quite thick, making the actual mug-space seem quite little.
And I wanted a big cup of tea.
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It was also branded with the new logo of a coffee shop I used to work at. This gave me flutterings of anxiety
in my chest.
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I said to myself, "This cup is the same as other cups. I could probably pour out its water and fill another 'better'
cup and it will be the same if not very similar volume. I could just not look at the logo. It is all my perception."
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But I got another cup out of the dishwasher and washed it.
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Because perception is everything.
