LEARNING TO SEE

YESTERDAY WAS THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT.  ALREADY. 

THE GOSPEL WAS ABOUT A BLIND MAN WHO WAS BROUGHT TO JESUS FOR HEALING.  ( JOHN 9:1-41) JESUS WAS DISAPPOINTED WHEN PEOPLE CONSTANTLY ASKED FOR MIRACLES AND SIGNS BEFORE THEY WOULD BELIEVE. BUT IN HIS KINDNESS HE STILL PERFORMED MANY OF THEM . AND INDEED AFTER HE ASKED THE BLIND MAN TO ‘WASH IN THE POOL OF SILOAM’ THE MAN’S SIGHT WAS RESTORED. 

CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING BLIND ?  CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING BLIND ….AND THEN SUDDENLY SEEING THE WORLD AROUND YOU? 

I WONDER IF OUR FORCED ISOLATION WILL BE A LITTLE LIKE REGAINING OUR SIGHT? 

I JUST HEARD THAT VANCOUVER HAS NOW BANNED EVEN GOING TO PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS AS PEOPLE WERE NOT ISOLATING ENOUGH. THIS MORNING QUEBEC ANNOUNCED THAT EVEN MEETING WITH MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE (OTHER THAN FAMILIES OR HEALTH CARE WORKERS…) IS AGAINST THE LAW ! 

WHEN WE ARE FINALLY ALLOWED TO GO FOR WALKS TOGETHER OR SIT IN OUTDOOR CAFÉS , SHARING OUR STORIES AND LAUGHTER, OR RUNNING INTO A FRIEND’S ARMS FOR THE TIGHTEST HUG EVER (LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS ROSE,BARB AND MARY) ….

WILL WE ALSO FINALLY SEE WHAT WAS ALWAYS BEFORE US : THE MANY GIFTS OF GOD, THE COUNTLESS MIRACLES AROUND US- AND WILL WE GIVE THANKS?  OR WILL WE JUST GO BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE?  HEADS DOWN, BLIND TO THE BEAUTY AROUND US …AND WITHIN US?

 ( P.S. THE LINK ABOVE IS A SONG I WROTE FOR MY FIRST ALBUM, WAITING. CHECK OUT “SLEEPWALKER” )