Monday, Jan. 3, 2022
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
The endeavor, in all branches of knowledge …to see the object as in itself it really is. — Matthew Arnold
Often we can look right at something and not see it. Sometimes we see what we expect to see, sometimes we see what we want to see, and sometimes we just plain miss what’s right there in front of us. If the brain and the heart aren’t involved, an eyewitness account may be little better than a guess.
The acquaintance who walks right by us without a word may have lost her glasses. The attractive person we’d like to meet, while appearing conceited and aloof, may be desperately struggling with shyness and fear of rejection. The snippy salesclerk may be frantic about a teenager that didn’t come home last night. Our child’s sudden good grades may be the result of cheating. A tantrum may be a cry for help.
Things are not always what they appear to be. We need more than our eyes to get the picture.
I will endeavor to see beneath the surface appearance of people and events, withholding judgment until I have the facts.
Hazelden Foundation
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