Seeing

How am I seeing?
Am I seeing with eyes of self-interest?
Or
Am I seeing with eyes of compassion?

Do I see first the differences of others?
Or
Do I see first the common threads that unite us?

Do I see things as either/or?
Or
Do I see things as both/and?

I hope that my sight sees first
with compassion
the common threads that unite
the both/and.

Lord, help me to see with eyes
that look outward into the world.
To see with eyes that look for
ways to heal the deep divisions.
To see with eyes that show me
how to live a life that embodies seeing all
as beloved.
AMEN