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      We are used to looking at life l as if we are looking in the mirror. What we often see in the mirror is not reality but rather a reflection of it. The mirror does not reflect the true self, but only reflects what it sees. And when you do not like what you see then you begin to distort your reflected self. Then the reflection gradually becomes a distortion of your true self.         The above phenomenon is known as self-delusion. Self-delusion does not bring true transformation. It actually takes you farther away from it. It is hard to achieve true transformation if you are living in the state of self-delusion.         It should become clearer why the makeup and cosmetic surgery industry is a multi billion dollar industry and still climbing.  You do not have to look at it too hard to notice that many of our popularized celebrity cosmetic transformations still have situations in their lives that leave them untransformed.         It is truly amazing how it is the parts of oursel

 If you follow political news intently like I do, the word "Fact-Checking" is definitely not new to you.  Fact-Checking has been around for a very long time but lately has become a more prominent word, especially during the ongoing 2016 American Presidential Election debates and discourse than it was at any other time.        To "Fact-Check" simply means to check the accuracy of what is being presented  as facts in order to establish whether the one presenting it so is misrepresenting the facts or not.        In the process of political fact checking, fact checkers often found out that politicians do take liberty with the facts and stretch the truth in order to sway popular opinion to their own side. Most of us could be guilty of being swayed by statements that could turn out to just be a simple misrepresentation of the facts without checking the facts.        The good news is that being swayed by political statements that could turn out to be misrepresentati