Tuesday,
January 17, 2012
Today's
Gift
There is no reality
except the one contained within us. --Herman Hesse
Claude Gellee painted lovely pictures of the
English countryside. Europeans loved his landscapes, with their blue hues and
mild distortions. But when the people went for the carriage rides in the
country, they were disappointed because it didn't look the way Gellee had
painted it. Then someone discovered that if you held blue glass up to your eyes
and looked through it, the trees and hills and sky looked just like a Gellee
painting! Soon everyone was looking through "Claude glasses" when they traveled.
We often let others do our seeing for us. We get
lazy and rely on the images of television and movies, instead of really seeing
with our own eyes. Our world becomes distorted and we lose sight of the natural
beauty that surrounds us.
Each of us carries reality inside ourselves, and as
we grow stronger within, we discover that we can see clearest when we trust our
own eyes. There is a glorious world, full and rich, just waiting for us to
glimpse it.
Will I see the world through my own eyes
today?
From Today's Gift: Daily Meditations for Families
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