Thought for the week: Have you ever had a movie that, when its on TV, you always flip to that channel at the same moment in the film - every time? When they played the movie The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc over and over, I would catch the scene where Dustin Hoffman, who was supposed to be her conscience or something, would question Joan (Milla Jovovich) about her visions. Its actually the best scene of the movie (from the bits and pieces Ive seen.) Joan tells Dustins character that God sent her signs of Him needing her. One of them is the sword she found lying in the field.As Joan says, it couldnt have just gotten there by itself, so its a sign from God. Dustin takes her through all of the possibilities as to how the sword ended up in the field - someone dropped it, someone was fighting and left it there, someone just threw it away, etc. And yet, from all of those infinite possibilities, Joan chose only one - that God had placed it there for her to see. And he says, You didnt see what WAS - you saw what you wanted to see. (Im including the clip in the first comment, because its just worth viewing at least once.) How often do we see what we WANT to see? Pretty often, actually. Its our nature to take things in - a situation, a comment, an event, etc. - and then work it until it makes sense to us. We can only apply what we have experienced, what we know. So if we come across something that doesnt make sense to us, we reshape it into something that does make sense to us. For example, when you walk into work and someone doesnt say good morning, do you assume that the person is angry with you? Or do you think of the other infinite possibilities? They didnt see you, they were on the phone, they had a fight with their significant other and are in a bad mood, they dont feel well, etc. It really comes down to changing your perspective.
Posted on: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 19:05:40 +0000
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