I can see clearly now

All the forces of the world were working in our favor this morning.  Both our schools were cancelled as of last night.  No alarm clocks went off this morning, other than Allie needing to go outside.  We both slept in and were surprised to find no snow on the ground.  Alex has been waiting on his new glasses which for some reason took longer than anticipated to arrive.  I was wondering how we were going to get to the eye doctor to pick them up, with his rehearsal schedule and my work schedule.  But since there was no snow this morning, I called and lo and behold they had just arrived yesterday.  We hopped in the car and ran to go get them before all snow broke loose.  Alex has been having difficulty seeing from a distance for awhile and was so excited to get his new glasses and finally be able to see.  Wearing the glasses corrects his vision.  All the way home he was remarking at how much clearer everything looked.....how much better he could see everything.

I think we depend on our sight to guide us through so many of life's situations.  We use it to navigate all of the twists and turns.  We interpret what we see and arrive at conclusions so that we know how to deal with the situation before us.  So often the police search out eye-witnesses for crimes or accidents.  An eye-witness will help us know what happened.  If we see something, if we witness something than we have the answer as to what occurred....right?  I think we have to be careful with the interpretation of what we see.  So often things are not as they appear.  I could list  a few incidents for you right now.......where misunderstandings have occurred because someone saw something, put their own spin on it...their own interpretation...and passed the news along...and what came next...was unfortunate and ugly.  so often what we see is one moment in time...or a few short moments....and we don't always know what came before....and without that vital information...we have to be careful about our drawing conclusions of what we saw.

So often we may believe certain truths to exist about people or situations.  Sometimes, someone takes the time to sit and explain something to us...and we are surprised...at how we perhaps misjudged....misinterpreted.  Now everything makes a little more sense...and we can see the situation more clearly.  Our vision of the situation has been corrected.

I will try to think about what I see...and how I interpret what I see..  I pray that I will be careful about the interpretation of the things I see.  I know there are times when my vision will need to be corrected..... so that I can see clearly.

"What we see depends mainly on what we look for"

~ John Lubbock