On Vision and Blindness

It’s only the second issue of my weekly blog, and I’m already two weeks behind! But there’s a really good reason…I was without my sight for over a week.

I got something in my eye that scratched my retina badly. It left my right eye irritated, extremely sensitive and resistant to focusing on anything.

This wouldn’t have been such a big deal but I’m almost blind in the other eye. I was unable to read or spend more than half an hour at the computer. I was most comfortable just closing my eyes.

As you can imagine, there was little to do but sleep, listen to TV and think about how important vision is. It renewed my gratitude for my eyes, especially the one that sees incredibly well.

There was also time to think about the lesson I could learn. The Universe was reminding me of the importance of the things we can “see” without our eyes. Before this happened, I had decided that it was important to focus on do-do-do – get those projects done – go-go-go! And there I was, unable to do a thing on my long and seemingly-important list.

I turned within, sought guidance from Wisdom much smarter than mine. The guidance was just to rest, and to spend more time and energy connecting with the Wisdom. That’s where the true Vision is.

Now that my eye is, thankfully, back to normal, I’m remembering to keep a better balance between blindly do-do-doing and just being. And from the being, I’m seeing more clearly what to do and how to do it.