Through My Eyes

Just some deep thinking today

So today I was sitting outside for a while enjoy the beautiful weather.    I finally decided to take my glasses off for a few minutes.  I ended up keeping them off for a while.  I just began looking around.  I have not really looked at the world through my own eyes for a very long time, well not without assistance.   They only come off to clean them or when taking a shower.  Then I am not paying much attention.

 

Any ways I just sat looking at nature with my own eyes and a few things came to mind.  First off I realized how little my eyesight has changed in years and I am grateful for that.  Then I started thinking how my regular eyesight is not much different from life.  My vision is not perfect but then neither is life.  Plus it mat be a bit fuzzy at times but again so is life.  I am talking bout the decisions we make, the opinions we form and the ideals we create in our minds.

 

All of that is based on the life we have led.  Our environment growing up, what we were taught by our elders before we could form our own views and the good and bad experiences that shape our lives.  No matter how old we get any kind of event could change us for the better or worse.

 

There is a song by a guy named Paul Thorn that says, “No matter what you believe you might be wrong.”  He is referring to how every religion believes they are right and how it often separates people because they do not agree.   That thought though extends to everything in life.  Really life is all about perception through every individual’s eyes.   In reality the only thing that is black and white is that we all eventually die.  What we do in this life is like continual artwork, always open to interpretation. 

Reviews

[Daydreamer]

You have written a piece which could open a discussion that would last for hours. You actually "listened" to life's many lessons through your eyes today. As the blind heart sees, hears and feels, the eyes see, hear and feel....just as the ears can see, hear and feel the breaths of life. I guess what I am attempting to convey is that you watched a silent movie of life today, yet your eyes were able to translate all the physical emotions.
Your skilled pen continues to delve deeply into the mysteries that so intrige a writers perception of life.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Wow that is some very deep insight... I have always said if we look with our hearts instead of our eyes the world would be a happier place.

[Cascara (aka Sprint Goe..]

Really philosiphical little gem over here! For a moment, I was reminded of the symbolic meaning behind the eyes in "The Great Gatsby".

I like how a simple thing like glasses was woven into a beautiful quilt by layering more and more realizations upon each other, in a logical manner.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Wow thanks for going back into my work… glad you enjoyed and understood what I was saying.

[Cascara (aka Sprint Goes Cascading!)]

my pleasure :)

[Angi]

I just took off my glasses, Cowboy.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Good good :)

[SyberRose]

Nice write...and I have often thought the same thing...children cant be brainwashed anymoe...they have their own opionion and are much smarter these days...yes politics and religion often do seperate families...I try to stay away from the subjects...Rose

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

You are right they are smarter these days due to technology but in ways also dumber but then again progress has its ups and down.

Thank you for sharing you thoughts on the subject.

[Traci]

What better piece to read then on a day I've been told I need glasses :)

What we do in this life is like continual artwork, always open to interpretation.
A perfect conclusion to such a well written, insightful piece. Through your eyes you have portrayed heartfelt emotions, great job Dale.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

No kidding, well now that is what I call timing....
Thank you very much.

[Marie Anzalone]

There is a thing we naturalists are trained to do with our eyes when we are in nature. It is called looking with your "peripheral vision." It means softening your intent focus so that more of the background comes into effect; think of it as a photograph where the subject is allowed to recede in order for the background to broaden. What you describe here, reminds me of that practice. Softenign the focus, the intent; allows us to take in more of the picture. It can be done anywhere... driving, walking a city street, etc. There is a lot to be said about seeing with your own eyes, once you can let context in.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Some interesting points.

[Marie Anzalone]

:-) thanks

[SHEEMA HUQ]

Thank you for sharing your most thoughtful memo, diary input, biography, your writing is great, demonstrating your cerebral activities

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

thank you.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

You are most welcome,

Eyes eyes, the ever-changing spectrum of perception, examined carefully here.....

[icelandicblue]

I too wear glasses/contacts my vision is quite myopic. That being said one of my favorite things to do is to take my glasses off at night and look at the city lights- it's so beautiful. You are so wise, we spend a lot of our waking hours trying to prove our worth by being right; I'm guilty of it myself. In fact my husband claims it is a hobby of mine. We are nothing if we can't be introspective and stop to see and enjoy the impressionism that is life.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

We are all guilty of it, I think it is human nature. Thank you for sharing your insight.

[shythatway]

I'm blind as a mole when I wake up in the morning. It usually just makes me feel helpless.. Maybe I will try your approach. Some really good insights here, and I loved that last line in more than one way. *smile*

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thank you very much, that review made me smile.

[Rita L. Sev]

This is an impressive, thoughtful essay, Dale. In this simple exercise of looking around, you gained such perception, such insight. I absolutely love your concluding sentence: "What we do in this life is like continual artwork, always open to interpretation". these words should be on an inspirational poster!

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thank you, appreciate the feedback.

[KAOlmsted]

Thanks for making me think...that is always the sign of a good piece. Always. Thanks for sharing this moment with us, Dale...

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thank you very much vacker :)

[KAOlmsted]

Always my pleasure, älskling.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Mwah