To see or not to see

It was Sir John Lubbock who said “What we see depends mainly on what we look for.”  Which I believe fits nicely that people come into our lives for a reason, a season or a lifetime.  It can be also said that people become what we say they are, unfortunately those are not always good things.

We are human beings and we are needy.  We need food, clothing and shelter, the basic necessities.  We also enjoy attention, love, and forms of communication.  We communicate in odd ways at times, don’t we?  Our body language may imply something different then the words coming out of our mouths which together may not match our tone of voice! 

Life has been difficult for those living it throughout time.  Some say that life today is the hardest, I don’t know there is something about walking for 40 days and 40 nights that makes me think I like the forms of transportation we have.  I bet those who built the pyramids would have worshiped the site of cranes and earth moving equipment.   And I bet we all are thankful for the refrigerator too!

The fact that we do not all speak the same language on Earth can be seen by some to be a great barrier; it certainly is a source of contention for those who don’t speak the language when surrounded by those that do!

What is it that we look for in other human beings?

What is it that we look for in other human beings who are different than us?

What is it that we need to be able to treat other human beings different than us like equals?

What is it that we are looking for?

What is it that others are looking at?

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