In this hustle and bustle of life, we go through full force because we are able to see. The blind are able to see through extraordinary senses, but their world is slow, and they are able to view things differently than those who can see. Often times it is those who can see that will take advantage of their vision. However, it is the blind that use their blindness to their advantage and others.
When we are blinded by what is about me, we forget the world that is around us. Close your eyes and relax in a dark room. Pick up on the sounds and hone it what they could be. Without our sight, it is difficult to tell what is making the noise. Those who are blind can tell what that noise might be.
We are driving on the highway, and we become upset when someone cuts us off. We walk in a store and someone who is a cashier is talking to every customer making the line long. Maybe a co-worker or your boss yell at you and you are perplexed, and you may even yell back. A waiter or waitress is slow in getting your food, and you wonder why service is poor, and you leave a bad tip.
Are these irritants to your life? Sometimes we have to take our own perception glasses off and begin to look at the whole world from a different way. That person who cut you off was in a hurry to the hospital to say his last goodbye to his Veteran son that was wounded in action. The cashier who is backing up the long line was searching for someone who would listen because they wanted to check out of life. The co-worker or boss who yelled just was served with papers for a divorce and learned they were going to court. The waiter or waitress is slow because they are in shock that they learned they are dying from cancer, and they have a month to live.
Sometimes we may see people as irritants. How often do you stop and look past the situation and truly considered what is happening in life? How many times have you acted irrationally, and maybe someone said you that were being rude, or someone backed away, and you wondered why (not because of bad breathe)?
We are all humans living in the same world. As the world becomes a society that is built on individualism of what is mine, what can make me better, what is in it for me, the society starts to crumble. People lose hope. Like in the movie Spiderman, there are always two sides to a coin and it all depends upon how we flip that side and spend it that day.
Slow down and see those who are hurting. Is it being an irritant to you because you are in a hurry to do what you want to do? I am not asking to make excuses for someone’s behavior and their actions. Sometimes it is who they are and how they represent themselves. Slow down in the hurry of life and become blind to your own thoughts and look for those who are hurting. Who knows it maybe their life and yours you are saving?
By Faith (Forging Attitude In Trusting Him)
