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A new blog to contain answers to prompts |
Since my old blog "Everyday Canvas "  became overfilled, here's a new one. This new blog item will continue answering prompts, the same as the old one. Cool water cascading to low ground
To spread good will and hope all around.  |
| Prompt: "If you look the right way, you can see the whole world is a garden." Write about this in your Blog entry today. ----- I guess the trick in this quote lies in "if you look the right way." Yes, we should encourage and maintain the power of perception and the ability to find beauty and goodness in the world. This, of course, is a choice. But is it a choice to remain unaffected and mostly happy enough all the time? After all, who doesn't want the happy feelings, permanently! Come to think about it, if that means turning a blind eye to the wars, injustice, and human suffering, doesn't such an approach make us extremely selfish? Plus, this type of uncaring, too, will have an effect on us and on those who turn a blind eye to what's wrong. This is because what we don't want to see and acknowledge can come to our door, into our houses or inns where we are hiding, and it can haunt, bother, or hurt us. Then, what about the idea of social consciousness, humanitarianism, and altruism in general? What about empathy? Having looked at this from both sides, now, I am also going to add that having a positive outlook may not be about ignoring reality, but about recognizing that meaning and beauty often exist beneath the surface, somewhere. Personal struggles or uncertainty comes to mind, here. In my own case, I have greatly benefited from donning my positive lenses, almost always. Those positive lenses, even if they don't clear the negativity, they've let me view a situation from different angles while helping me get over the initial shock and heartbreak of any bad situation. So, yes, if the quote is suggesting that our experiences are shaped not just by external circumstances but by the correct lens through which we view them, then I agree with it. But I won't look at a dying, injured living being and think, "How beautifully crimson is his blood!" I bet no one can do that, either. |
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