William Blake once wrote, “If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite.”

Indeed, to see this world as it really is – absent the dialogue of thinking mind – is to finally understand the depth of our own limitlessness.

And, each time we struggle with the harshness of ‘wrong view’ – whether our own, or that of another – we are gifted the opportunity to wipe another corner clean.

With each swipe, something new is revealed. Faith, hope, optimism formed delicately between those mottled panes of glass – reflecting the light of a new-found resilience, forged in those moments of “I don’t think you can.”

We all experience these moments, my darlings ~ in which we are seen through the haze of another’s looking glass.

And though, instinct may encourage us otherwise. Sometimes the best, and only thing we might do – is to hand them a ‘cloth’ and wish them well.

“For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro’ narrow chinks of his cavern.”

And, to my critics of this week, now past:
Does my trembling trouble you?

Good.

Because, I promise you – one day this ‘shimmy shake’ will take on the world. Can you feel it? I most certainly do.

And, to those I now consider my dearest friends:

My darlings, never-ever-ever let yourself be limited by another’s small-minded view.

Remember, it’s their window to clean – not yours.

In peace, from behind this humbled looking glass.