Looking out the Wrong Window and Seeing.        .        .

We’ve all been on them before, haven’t we?

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We’ve, in fact,

most likely been on flights where someone.     .     .

maybe a child,

maybe an adult,

who’s actually flying for the very first time;

Amazing, isn’t it?

Seeing their  WONDER   for the first time–seeing it all.     .     .

what they expect

and what they most likely didn’t expect at all.

I remember hearing a little boy one time,

peering out of the airplane window

once we took off and got above the clouds.       .       .

He mentioned about how they looked like

“MOUNTAINS      OF      MARSHMALLOWS.”

Or, or the little girl wondering,

maybe what we all have,

but didn’t have the gumption to quite say out loud:

“Hey, where   are   the   angels?   I   thought   I’d   see   angels   up   here.”

Hmmmmm.      .      .

p  r  e  c  i  o  u  s      stuff:

PURE      INNOCENCE,

even more,

undiluted   WONDERINGS,   huh?

We’ve all looked out the wrong window and seen the most amazing things,

haven’t   we

.        .        .or have we?

THE FLOOD WATERS FROM KATRINA HAD KNOCKED OUT THE POWER. DOCTORS AND NURSES WERE OVERSTRETCHED AND OVERTIRED. PATIENTS WERE DYING AND THE EVACUATION OF MANY OF THE SICKEST SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE. INJECTING DRUGS WAS ONE ANSWER THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THE MEDICAL STAFF DECIDED ON. WERE THEY TRYING TO COMFORT THOSE PATIENTS–OR HASTEN THEIR DEATHS? (new york times magazine, August 30, 2009–Sheri Fink)

W R O N G           W I N D O W ?

A 70 YEAR OLD MAN WITH METASTATIC PROSTATE CANCER TO THE BONE IS IN INTRACTABLE PAIN AND IS PLAINLY TELLING YOU THAT IF YOU DON’T DO SOMETHING TO TAKE HIS PAIN AWAY N O W HE HAS THE MEANS AND THE WAY AND ABSOLUTELY THE MOTIVE TO TAKE THINGS INTO HIS OWN HANDS AND IT WILL BE MESSY.

W R O N G           W I N D O W ?

A  34  YEAR OLD MOTHER OF THREE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF  6  IS BEGINNING TO SHOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF ACTIVELY DYING WITH A HIGH RISK OF ACTUALLY BLEEDING OUT. NOT ONLY DOES SHE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SPIRITUAL/EMOTIONAL PAIN LEAVING HER THREE CHILDREN BUT SHE WAS ALSO PRESENT AT AN EARLY AGE TO WITNESS THE DEATH OF HER MOTHER WHO DID BLEED OUT. HIGH DOSES OF MEDS ARE BEING ADMINISTERED TO HER ROUTINELY WITH BREAK THROUGH MEASURES IN PLACE AND SHE IS STILL IN EXTREME TERMINAL RESTLESSNESS.

W R O N G           W I N D O W ?

Amazing isn’t it?

Some windows are dirty,

smudged and even cracked.       .       .

Some windows just seem to be the very worst,

the absolute Wrong ones to peer through.       .       .

Some windows.         .         .

The most amazing things can be seen when you look out the

W R O N G           W I N D O W ?

.        .         .with no Focus on Noticing  A N Y T H I N G

and seeing what you never could have imagined.        .        .

maybe what you never wanted to envision

and then suddenly

have to now  entertain;

Crystal Clear

or  highly  smudged.         .         .

We’ve all looked out windows and been surprised by what we’ve seen.

The    WRONG    WINDOW ?

Sometimes.        .        .

sometimes we look out the Wrong windows and see

The      R I G H T       T H I N G S.     .     .

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