a matter of perception

10 Aug 2011 4 Comments

by better2love in Religion & Philosophy

This afternoon while visiting with a friend after a meeting, a voice came from the parking lot.

“Is that a shark’s tooth?”

I looked at my friend and then to the elderly man that had just been helped out of a car and into position in front of his walker. My friend pointed to her chest then looked at my necklace. I looked down and noticed what the elderly man was referring to.

Reaching down, I grabbed the piece of jewelry and took a step closer to him so he could see.

“It’s supposed to be a wing,” I explained. “Like an angel’s wing.”

He smiled as we both agreed that an angel’s wing was much better than a shark’s tooth. Then he explained that he wanted to be an angel one day. That is when I noticed HER. The “angel” that had helped him from the car and into his walker. The “angel” that helped him up the curb and into the Dr.’s office that was in the shopping center where I stood visiting with my friend.

You see, LIFE is what we perceive. We can SEE a “shark’s tooth” or we can see an ANGEL’s WING.

We can “wish” to be an angel, or we can notice all of the angels that God puts in our lives on a daily basis.