Eyes Wide Open

How do we live our lives? Do we live with our eyes squinting like we are blinded by the sun hardly able to see anything? Do we live with our eyes wide open making sure that we see as many things as possible? We have been asked to live with our eyes wide open.

"Don't hoard treasure down here where it gets eaten by moths and corroded by rust or—worse!—stolen by burglars. Stockpile treasure in heaven, where it's safe from moth and rust and burglars. It's obvious, isn't it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being.
"Your eyes are windows into your body. If you open your eyes wide in wonder and belief, your body fills up with light. If you live squinty-eyed in greed and distrust, your body is a dank cellar. If you pull the blinds on your windows, what a dark life you will have!

Matthew 6:19-23

We forget that our eyes are the things that let in what we see. I think that our thoughts actually influence what we see and how we see it, so the eyes really are the window to our souls and how we will live our lives. How do you see your life? It is a life that must be lived with eyes squinted like you are trying to find something very small on the carpet or floor? We have all done that before, we squint to find something very small that we have lost on the floor or in the grass outside. We do this when we are looking for just one particular thing so that our field of view can be narrowed and we can focus on only one thing at a time. Squinting actually changes the shape of the eyes and the amount of light that comes in the eye, it can help us focus on one thing at a time. So what are you squinting at or for? What are you expecting to find and get that will finally make life worth living for you? The more you "squint" for it the darker your life becomes because you are limiting the amount of light that is coming into your life. Your heart is focused on only that one thing. Jesus says "what a dark life you will have!"

Or is your life lived with our eyes wide open so you can be filled with light. If you can change your thoughts and see things differently your eyes can be opened. We can see more, know more, and experience more of life. Your body, your mind, can be filled with wonder and belief when you let go of the attachment to something or someone. When we stop looking for that thing we lost in the grass or on the carpet, we no longer squint and light is allow to enter our body again. We can see the whole room and the whole outdoors. When we "let go" and tell ourselves that it does not matter that we lost it, we are freed and life can return. Live today with your eyes wide open. Look around at all the wonderful things God has given for you to experience and your life will be full of life and light! Let go of those things, that thing, you think you just "got to have" and stop squinting, stop pulling the blinds on life. Enjoy today and let the light in! Change how you look at things and the things you look at change.

Namaste'