SEEING  + ?   = UNDERSTANDING

Have you ever looked at a situation and thought you knew what was going on? As time developed and more facts were revealed, you then found out that the situation was nothing like you thought it was. This happens all the time to us. Whether it is in the personal realm, the social realm, the national or international realm, a situation happens, and we see what is happening on the surface. We think we understand what is going on, and then Boom! some sort of information is brought out, and what we thought was happening is entirely different than what was really happening.

To put this into perspective, think about the Kennedy assassination. That event was captured on film, and we thought we knew what was going on. Our beloved president was killed, and a man was arrested for the crime. The evidence pointed to him, and we thought that was all there was to the situation. A few days later, that man was killed, and all of a sudden, we wondered, “What is going on in Dallas?” Time continued on, the Warren Report was released, and we were all supposed to put the matter to rest. The matter is still not at rest, and perhaps we will never really know what happened and what was happening behind the scenes because the real facts have never been released.

This continues to happen today. Think of the Kavanaugh hearings; some people saw a man who was unfit for office, others saw a man who was being destroyed by people who had an agenda. Or take the Mueller investigation; some people see evidence of Russian collusion everywhere, others see a man on a witch hunt. Look at the Paris riots; are they really just about a gasoline tax? What is the truth? How do we recognize what is really going on?

Most of the time, it takes a while to recognize what is happening in these different situations. We have to sit back, wait and not jump to any conclusions or on any bandwagon. Eventually, the real facts will come out, and we will all gain some perspective. Seeing a situation on the surface or in the news is not enough to gain a real understanding of what is happening. Seeing is only part of the equation. If we want understanding, we will have to put our biases aside, do some research, and see if we can come up with the facts.  Then we may recognize what is happening and gain some understanding of the situation. 

SEEING + THE FACTS + RECOGNITION = UNDERSTANDING

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