22 Feb
on the inside, looking out.
On the inside, looking out
There simply is no other way for us to view the world, but from our own eyes, and through our own life experiences. We judge everything around us by our own light, or darkness, and see things as we wish to see them, and rarely as they truly are. We see things around us with magnifying glass in hand looking for every scrap of detail and answers to questions yet unasked.
We sit quietly in our own thoughts looking out at a world filled with so many varying types of people and wonders. We are products of our surroundings, yet…
…yet sometimes we break the cycle and can see the world for what it is; a stage by which we can live out our hope and dreams, but still we can only ever see through our selves to the world around us.
I heard the other day someone say to another person, “Try to see it through my eyes…” Yeah, right. Like that is ever possible! We can empathize with those around us, but we can never truly understand or even begin to imagine how what we do can affect another individual, or another society, or even another world. One sneeze or cough aimed in just the right direction can have consequences that may last a lifetime. The particle of dust you put into the air by sweeping your floor, may become the next meteor shower on some other planet. While that’s not likely to happen, there is always a reaction for every action.
Paradise Circus
Still we sit in the metaphorical darkness looking out past our experiences wondering what it’s like to do something other than what we do, or to be someone other than who we are, ever seeking that spark which might ignite us once more to stand up and be loved for who and what we are.
“It is our light, not our darkness” which binds our minds. It is our own fears of insecurity which keep us from achieving anything in this lifetime.
As I sit here, on the inside looking out, I see everything as I would like to have it, and nothing of what has been. I look to the future, trying not to live in the past. I move into my own awareness of who and what I am before I can be of any help to anyone outside of me and I approach everything and everyone knowing I can only imagine what they have experienced in their lives. I can never truly know how their experiences affected them. Not everyone shares the same emotional sequences, or works through pain in the same way.
That’s what makes us all so special, that together, though we are similar in nature, we are all unique.
It does not serve for anyone to act small so that others may rise to new heights. Shine your light so others may follow suit. Don’t collect followers, instead empower future leaders!
Light and Love to all!
BB
K
(Inspiration for this piece was derived from Marianne Williamson and her poem “Our Greatest Fear”, and from the first picture on this page.)
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