Topic: coping
It's impossible to see much through lenses that are on another person's face.
This is what prompts the rest of the message about Transition lenses. Not only do we, as individuals, have to be patient with our own need for transition lenses. We have to respect the need of others to have them--not just our own rights to have them--as we are adjusting to the light.
Anyone wearing such lenses has the choice of removing the glasses at any time and putting on another pair that does not block the light. Or just seeing things through their own bare eyes, if they are able to do so. Choosing to remove the sunglasses or transition lenses either one IS a choice. It allows us to see colors more brilliantly and to realize that there are many different shades of color in our world--each representative the complexities of our world and all of it's issues.
This is the part that is often hard for me to remember, but it carries a spiritual message. No matter what my concern, I need to be very careful about how I try to "remove the log from another's eyes." Or the lenses that may be self-protective or even in the process of coming off. For the speck in my own eye may prevent me from noticing the subtle movements toward change in vision that another person or institution may be slowly making.
I can actually, if too critical or condemning, delay the decision to look fully at the light of day. It's a tricky work indeed.
It's a lesson very much applicable on 9-11. For it applies to world affairs as much as individual ones.
