"The only thing worse than being blind is having sight
but no vision." - Helen Keller.
What does
that mean? How can you have sight but no vision? How does that even work?
Maybe it's
like wearing a pair of sunglasses.
Yes, I know,
sunglasses have a purpose; they protect our eyes from the death rays of the sun
(…sort of). But there's something else that sunglasses do; they impair our
vision. When we wear our shades, we don't see the world in the same way that we
would without them. With them on, everything is tinted grey. We can still see
just fine (unless your sunglasses are dirty) but we don't see things in their
entirety.
Are we
looking but not seeing? Do we look around us at the people, the places, the
things, but without truly seeing them?
Do we, as
they say, stop to smell the roses? Do we really see the people in our lives or
do we just look at them?
It's easy to
go through life just going through the motions and not really seeing the
wonderful world around us; there's just so much to do, so many challenges to overcome,
and lots of pursuits to follow. Life can be crazy hectic and everyone knows it.
But if you
just took even one minute, only 60 seconds out of your day, to stop and really
see the world around us for what it really is, you'd find something incredible.
Maybe that means being out in nature for a minute or spending quality time with
someone; seeing is different for everyone.
I'm not saying
I'm perfect, I'm busy just like everyone else on the planet, but I know that
when I take the time to really see the world around me, I'm greatly rewarded.
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