A Different Perspective: 2/14/2024

"O, wad some Power the giftie gie us

To see oursels as others see us!

It wad frae monie a blunder free us,

An' foolish notion."

Robert Burns

Translation: Oh, what power it would give us, to see ourselves as others see us. It would free us from many a blunder, and foolish notion.

How we see the world and the people around us is the most personal of perspectives. How other people see us is one of life's greatest mysteries, probably second only to what happens when life ends. The end of life is done in a heartbeat (or, more aptly, the lack of one), whereas we deal with the other almost our entire...