I was in a training session a few months ago where a picture of a family in a less than desirable living environment was shown to the group and the question was posed, "What is lacking?" Naturally we came up with an extensive list of what was missing...what was lacking... what was "wrong" with the situation in the photo.
We didn't know the people. We didn't know their background. We didn't know their current situation, yet collectively we came up with a lengthy list of things we felt were lacking.
We were then shown the same photo and asked "What is here?" Still knowing nothing more about the people in the photo than we did before, we came up with our list of what we thought was there, what was "right" about their situation. Unfortunately the list was much shorter.
Let me repeat. We didn't know the people. We didn't know their background. We didn't know their current situation, yet we came up with a lengthy list of things we felt were lacking.
Oh we can be so quick to see what we think is wrong, missing, or lacking. Our nature tends to make us quick to judge and slow to accept.
We didn't know the people. We didn't know their background. We didn't know their current situation, yet collectively we came up with a lengthy list of things we felt were lacking.
We were then shown the same photo and asked "What is here?" Still knowing nothing more about the people in the photo than we did before, we came up with our list of what we thought was there, what was "right" about their situation. Unfortunately the list was much shorter.
Let me repeat. We didn't know the people. We didn't know their background. We didn't know their current situation, yet we came up with a lengthy list of things we felt were lacking.
Oh we can be so quick to see what we think is wrong, missing, or lacking. Our nature tends to make us quick to judge and slow to accept.
If only we could open our hearts wide and and allow our minds to see all that is good.
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