Good morning friends
On Sunday, we were travelling back from Pune via the expressway. There was a long tunnel which the car entered. And I felt that the tunnel was very dark. It was difficult to see anything clearly. I was wondering how the driver would be able to drive in this situation and was about to vocalise my thoughts when I realised that I was wearing my dark glasses! It had been quite bright and sunny when we began our journey home, so I was wearing my goggles. The moment I became aware of this fact, I took them off and then it was obvious to me that the tunnel was in fact, very well lit.
I was laughing at myself for my lack of awareness when something else struck me. I started thinking, isn’t this what happens when you look at the world through your glasses… glasses of judgement, of prejudices, of preconceived ideas….and so on. If you are wearing dark glasses, then the whole world looks dark and gloomy to you, with no signs of hope anywhere. On the other hand, if you are looking at the world through brightly coloured glasses, the world may look more promising than it really is. It’s just a matter of which glasses you are wearing.
And most of the time, we are not even aware that we are wearing these glasses !
Generally, there’s a sign board before you enter a tunnel which tells you to take off your dark glasses. Just like this sign, won’t it be good to have some warning sign which reminds you that you are looking at things through your coloured glasses? I am sure if we are aware of the glasses, we will not jump to wrong conclusions.
Hoping that all of us are aware of the glasses though which we look at the world,
Love,
Anjali
