Comments, like everything else are relative!

When we were Missionaries and first went to Umtata (Now Mthatha) in the then Transkei in South Africa, we moved into a house that automatically and spontaneously brought comments from all who saw it for the first time. Those comments could be divided into two groupings almost without exception.

All the White/European people (includes Americans, and Aussies too,) that saw it, had a comment. And all comment, almost without exemption, was “What a poky little place”. While the Africans, again almost without exception, remarked along the lines of, “How blessed you are to have such a Big House?” And depending on which side you viewed things, both views were right.
To people with normal sized houses this one was on the miniature side, but to those used to even smaller Ones, ours was huge. So from that I learned to try and look at all comments about things from all sides of the spectrum where possible, before making judgments.

Recently I received a couple of interesting comments about my blogs that made me remember and think back on that particular house. Both comments interestingly enough were from American women. (Totally irrelevant, but interesting!)

One came from a Christian friend of long standing who writes children’s stories. She wrote:”

Your blogs are good; maybe more preaching than I'm used to. But good thoughts and writing.”

The other comment came from another dear friend, who would describe herself as spiritual but not Christian, who wrote: To one of my closest friends online, Walter. You make me think when writer's block owns my brain. You make us all laugh once in a while too! You are an unwavering friend that never gets too preachy, and considering that's what you do for a living, that's irony in a nutshell!”

So one thinks I am too preachy (Compared to her own children’s writing) and the other doesn’t think I am preachy at all! 9Compared to her experience with Christians.) Which is right? Experience tells me both are right, because both are looking from their own particular view on life.

Now, forget my writing for the moment and concentrate on yourself and how you see Life.

Through what particular, maybe even peculiar, prism or lense do you view life and the world around you? Is it the right lense or do you too sometimes need to cross to the other side to get the full and proper view on things?

Will you now try and look at things from all sides to get a full and rounded view of things or will you continue on seeing just one of possibly many views because you refuse to use any other lense on life, other than your own current one? Over to you for comment.