I see...

And what I see, and how I choose to respond to what I see, tells me all about my corner of reality and can provide a path to the best way to live.

On the surface, I see a physical world with my eyes.

Yes, I can utilize my sense of sight to take in everything around me and assign meaning to it all, every single day, without even thinking about it.

Which is interesting, because when I was very small, my view of everything was blurry and indistinct, but I didn't know that wasn't normal. I didn't know what I didn't know, couldn't know. My comprehension of what things really looked like was skewed. What did "blurry" even mean? I thought everyone saw everything out of focus.

I thought my little child life was just fine, until I got glasses in first grade after the teacher noticed me squinting at the blackboard. I don't remember anything about my reaction to putting the glasses on for the first time (it's been a minute) but I can imagine it was quite a shock to see things in focus and see the detail I had been missing all my short life.

I had a lack of literal focus, because my vision was far less than 20/20. Glasses corrected that.

I see the physical world with my eyes, with help from some lenses and frames.

But I can see so much more than the physical world...

With my heart and my soul.

This is where I can choose to go deep to see far beyond what is presented to me physically. This is where I can see what is not physically seen, yet is completely real. This is where I can choose to grow some roots into what really matters.

This is also where it can be tricky at best, and dangerous at worst. Don't want the roots growing where they do not belong. And I don't want to be seeing things that don't really exist, yet live as though they do. This is putting down roots in precarious places.

Roots in the wrong places have far reaching effects as they produce their crops of all manner of ugly weeds that grow at an alarming rate. Discord. Stress. Fear. Overwhelm. Dread. And all their close friends. Skewed heart and soul vision can fully affect how I see everything around me as I act on what I think instead of what is true.

As a mere human, I don't do well at all in the practice of seeing what is not physically seen. And I have the scars and bad memories to show for my detrimental attempts.

I can have a completely out of focus and skewed perception of what I see with my heart and soul, similar to how as a young child with flawed physical vision, I had no idea what blurry meant and thought I was seeing everything just like everyone else.

But, a bit like my glasses make a big difference in how I see the physical world, I have help to dive beneath the surface to correctly see the physically unseen. That's wonderful, and has such a positive impact on my understanding of my purpose, the meaning of life, and how to move toward the potential I have that is God given.

But unfortunately, like some people forget to put on their glasses, I have the benefit of the best assistance but far too often do not access it. I get so wrapped up in this "do it myself" mentality.

How's that working for me? Well, not at all. Over and over I end up with the consequences of my incredibly flawed perception because I act and react on what I see that isn't truth.

I see...

That the only way I can see what truly exists beyond the physical is to come willingly, and ready, with open hands and an open heart to allow myself to be gently led and guided to see reality beyond the physical tangible world - spiritual ultimate truth that touches everything without touch. I need to lift my eyes, shift my focus from circumstances and imagined future circumstances to where I can truly see what is, what matters most, and trust the only One who knows for all the rest.