seeing clearly I see clear.

Today I had an amazing experience that truly invited peace into a situation that with the wrong people could have been extremely destructive. I walked into a situation completely by accident that left me troubled, heart broken, and wanting a way to help the individual I happened upon.
I had the opportunity to sit through class with this individual and both of us were desiring to speak to one another and yet both somehow lacked the courage to summon the other. Finally I relented to the sense that the class was prodding through our discussions and the individual and I spoke for more than an hour after the class.
As we both opened up to each other our fears and concerns for the other, tears came from both our eyes and there was connection and compassion born right in front of our eyes.
We saw each other not just as people but as brother and sister and there was a special connection that only God could have initiated in that way that God brings two perfect strangers together and creates harmony. It waxes poetic in my mind the way that any individual could have been in my place and the story may not have had the outcome but God is in it and seeing clearly for him made it easy to see clearly for me as well. It was a revelatory and priceless experience that took two people looking for the good of the other.

I know where you're at.

I really like the classes I'm taking. This was on a movie about Henry Eyering. I was really touched by the story.
From my IDS class- Henry Eyring

Henry’s son took the car when he was 13 and then he crashed the car right through the front of their house.
He had to call his Dad….and instead of being angry, Henry responded with a story of when he was 13 he and his friend took the buffalo gun down from the shelf and told a young neighbor boy that if he didn’t hurry up and scurry off, that he would be in real trouble. Henry aimed and pulled the trigger and the gun shot. "Luckily he wasn’t a good shot." But then he said to the son…
I know where your at.
And he really showed empathy to his son.
If only we could all see people as people in the moment when we want to rage the most.