what exorbitant humanistic way of logic...it's beautiful
i read today that the maori people of new zealand have a practice of looking deep into somone's eyes and saying, "i see you."
which lead me to immediately muse over those three, small, extraordinary words.
how convicting.
in this hustle and bustle of these unrealistically "busy" lives we lead...how often do we really know someone's condition or person at all? can you see them?
don't you have to be looking?
can you see the disappointment in someone? hurt? anger? frustration? loneliness? neglect? abandonment? abuse? despair? aren't these easily masked? do we care to unmask them?
how often have you been in a situation where someone asks you "what's up?" and then answers something before you could respond? do they really care? can they see you? do they want to?
how about us? do we really "see" those closest to us? or are we so self involved with our own business to really show forbearance with one another?
webster's dictionary states: see:
1. to perceive by the eye; to perceive or detect as if by sight.
2. to have experience of; to come to know
3. to form a mental picture of: VISUALIZE; to perceive the meaning or importance of: UNDERSTAND; to be aware of: RECOGNIZE.
4. to examine, watch.
this isn't a desperate urge to go around and be creepy to everyone. i wouldn't want people all up in my face...but seriously...lets take time to help alleviate some suffering.
wait...damn...isn't that community?
