See the light

Both movies I watched today were about blindness, not seeing the truth about people about something, living in an illusion only creating the picture of the world around us, the silhouettes of people, inventing them the way we want to see them rather than trying to recognize and appreciate (or not...) who they really are. We see things, not only in the visual sense... we live among them, with them - take them for granted. We need a major change, twist of circumstances to REALLY become conscious of certain facts, feelings, emotions. ‘Blindness’ presented it all in a really straightforward way – loosing sight gives another perspective find new way of perception, add a new meaning to something that we treated as common, forces us to respect things anew. But so we need such an extreme, invasive blow? A cancer in the family, a quarrel with calling names? How to prevent it and just be able to treasure what we have all the time? I am not even sure if it is possible to keep the same level of appreciation for something that accompanies us everyday. Some people call it faith. Looking for a hand of God all around, some are just happy. I think we need breaks from the ordinary – just to notice how unordinary it is.