Eight years ago I was diagnosed with myopia. Don't pity me I ain't dying. Myopia is just a humongous word for shortsighted. I was given lenses to help see far. One year ago, I decided to only see the little I could see and to ignore the rest.. I ditched the lenses.
Fast forward to this year, I started having headaches and humbled myself enough to see an optician again. I am back on glasses. Now I see.. Literally.. I see the leaves on trees. .I see the outlines were actually people.I can now wave back. Sorry if you ever waved at me and I didn't wave back.I see the world ,I see the beauty I have been missing. The beauty did not cease to exist when I stopped seeing. The truth is it still was a beautiful world just not to me.
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I am drawn to the story of Caleb and the spies in the Bible. Sent out to spy on the same land, the report they come back with is so different;one wonders. While the spies see themselves as grasshoppers Caleb sees himself as strong and able to conquer the men and possess the land.
Numbers 13:26-33
27 They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit.
28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there.
30Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.”
32.....They said, “The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size. 33 We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.”
It is ironical that they were all spying on the same land but the reports are that different. As this week ends, I challenge you to check the lens through which you view life. Truth is its a beautiful life. But if we allow the momentary sham and drudgery to blind us to its beauty we will live in bitterness. As Max Ehrmann would remind us in Desiderata..
Numbers 13:26-33
27 They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit.
28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there.
30Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.”
32.....They said, “The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size. 33 We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.”
It is ironical that they were all spying on the same land but the reports are that different. As this week ends, I challenge you to check the lens through which you view life. Truth is its a beautiful life. But if we allow the momentary sham and drudgery to blind us to its beauty we will live in bitterness. As Max Ehrmann would remind us in Desiderata..
“With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,it is still a beautiful world.Be cheerful.Strive to be happy.”
Disclaimer:Only my sight and height are short;my dreams are farsighted.
A nice reader....I love the 'Caleb attitude' .Great work Mwari��
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