What is Reality?

Reality is given the definition by Websters Dictionary as "The totality of real things and events".  By this definition, everything that is happening to you and around you is reality.  However in my opinion, reality is whatever you want it to be.  You as an individual have the ability to shape and manipulate your own reality in many ways.  Everyone that is involved in the reality that makes up everyday life has the ability to shape there own reality.  Therefore reality can only truly be defined on an individual level.  Their reality may be different from what you perceive as reality.  And these different perceptions could have been shaped by many different things such as experiences, way of life, and state of mind.