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We Just Don’t See It
Research and my mother point out that
at any time there is much more good happening than there is bad; we just don’t
see it.
We are wired,
then socialized, then trained to find the bad so we can root it out like the
Rotor Rooter Man, or worse;The Exorcist.
We watch a
movie and zero in on what the director did wrong or what we didn’t like. We can
go to a great restaurant, eat the food that someone else is paying for and talk
about how some other place is much better.
We just don’t
see the wonder and life that is happening all around us all of the time,
because well---we just don’t want to.
I don’t know
about you but I’m old enough and have been around long enough to fixate on all
of my flaws. I know them inside and out. I know my flaws so well that when I do
better, I tell myself that this is not good enough.
Today, I’d like you to take a
temporary holiday from the job of witch-hunter and I’d like you to see the
good.
Look closely
and see the smile on the kid's face or the couple holding hands.
See the bird
soar across the sky and watch as the squirrel stores a nut. If that doesn’t
move you take note when someone actually says thank-you and someone else says
please.
Look deep
into your newspaper for that story that makes you smile and avoid the gossip
magazines.
Look beyond the wrinkles on your own
face and see the wisdom in your eyes.
Instead of
looking for what’s wrong, today, I want to see what’s right.
“When a person seeks their Purpose,
the Universe conspires to answer.”
Seek the truth and you will hear angels
and my mother saying a hearty Amen.
Be you, be well, SEE
Bertice Berry, PhD.
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