Years ago, I could easily lose track of time with a 500 or1000 piece jigsaw puzzle. The picture on the puzzle box inspired me to see how the pieces fit together.

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Years ago, I could easily lose track of time with a 500 or1000 piece jigsaw puzzle. The picture on the puzzle box inspired me to see how the pieces fit together.

They were comfortable… until they were told a story. Then they learned an uncomfortable truth. The person in the story out there hid in their own heart.

Our lives have become pressure cookers. We can’t take it anymore!

Have you said, “I’m done with this virus?”

Many of us wear glasses. Others may need glasses to read. But that’s not the seeing I am asking about. I am asking how many of us see beyond the facts in front of us.

Have you ever watched time-lapse photography of the amazing process of a flower blooming or a moth becoming a butterfly?

The TV coverage of the Queen’s funeral allowed us to see the inside of Westminster Abbey from many angles. The Abbey is rich in history and could tell many stories.

Who are the great geniuses of history? There are certainly many who shaped the daily lives of people of their time … and well beyond.

We are many decades into the phenomenon of shopping for “gated communities” of like-minded people. So many do not experience that they are welcome.

If I asked you, I suspect most, without having any further details, would say they would rather be in a banquet setting than a court of law.