Winning Words 4/24/09
“We don’t see things as they are; we see them as we are.” (Anais Nin) I got some new glasses not long ago, and I can see things better. There might be an improvement in this world, if there could be some way to get people to see things differently…or, at least to see things from more than one point of view. ;-) Jack
FROM R.I. IN BOSTON: Perhaps "seeing" instead of "doing" is one of our shortcomings. Our world might improve if we read a book instead of watching a TV drama, if we actually played sports instead of eyeballing the games, if we dined on healthy food instead of eating what looks good. Our minds are often as static as our backsides.
FROM M.T. IN PA: So true!
FROM BOBBY BURNS: O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us!
FROM CJL IN OHIO: That's what we try to do in the Church. Change the receptor & see things from another's point of view.
FROM MKH IN MI: I do try to look and things from other perspectives. I especially try to look at things from my husband’s perspective even though most times he is wrong! Kidding!!! Tee Hee Hee
FROM OUTHOUSEJUDY: My grandson, 4, just got glasses. He was near-sighted and far-sighted plus has a bad stigmatism. When he got his glasses he was amazed at all the letters on the signs....and he has learned all his ABC's so fast it's unreal. His mother was told he had a learning disability...come to find out...he couldn't see much of anything at all! An aside...one of my favorite sayings from Helen Keller is..." The most beautiful
things in the world are not seen or touched...they are felt by the heart."
FROM B.S. NEAR ORLANDO: you have illustrated a real difficult task I think it is extremely difficult for the average person to see a different viewpoint with out some discussion and understanding of a particular situation. Our legislators appear to want to build prisons rather than extend the utmost help to educate our children and others who want to go to school extensions. the churches too need to extent themselves in this
direction.
FROM E.A. IN MICHIGAN: There is also a different way to "see"things better. I am reading a book by Samego called Blindness. There is an epidemic of blindness in the country and he examines how different people react differently in different situations. Quite interesting.
1 comment:
What always bothers me is trying to see people as they are. If our call in this life is to "channel our physical needs and desires, to use them in a positive, constructive way and, beyond that, to rise above them to achieve real purpose and sanctity", then it bothers me to think we may not be able to see some person in our community doing this and instead see that person as a thing. Heck, maybe we can even have doubts if we are achieving real purpose and sanctity and narrow ourselves down too. Sometimes even we need someone else's viewpoint of us. To see people and events/things more truly, that is the challenge.
S.H. in MI
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