Perception

Sitting at breakfast 

a couple of days ago...

I noticed how red the kitchen blinds were.

When I drew them back the colour was incredible!

The sky looked to be on fire

and the skeletons of the winter trees

Looked like some alien triffids...

feeding and cavorting in it!

The spectacle only lasted a few moments

before the sky started to change

and it was hard to believe what had been before!

It made me think 

of the way that we perceive things..

When I used to be counselling

it was very important not to make judgements

about the people who came to see me.

It would have been so easy

to immediately make a mental category for them 

as soon as they walked through 

the door.

Yet, sometimes, just a momentary

expression or part of their body language would

tell a different story

I also wondered how people perceive me!

I think I project a certain image

but others watch and see

a different me..

How often, I wonder, are we told

what people really see in us?

I am writing this as I ponder on

the impression that we make on others....

This morning three dear friends came for a visit...

it was good to see them

and I looked forward to catching up with them.

These last few years

I have felt out of things...

and sometimes..

that people visit as a chore....

This morning I was firmly told how much I was valued

and how I might think that...... 

they came just for coffee 

and because they felt they had to.

They said that was not so..

and they visited because they valued my judgement

and a safe place to air their concerns...

and gave chapter and verse of when I had helped

They said so much more...

and I marvel that they see in me

so many ways that I would like to be

but hadn't realised were there for others to see.

I'm not making much sense here, I'm afraid, as I try to explain but I felt I needed to write it down.

I wonder how you think people see you?

Do you realise how important you are to so many...

and how much you are valued?

I bet you don't and would try to shrug it off

whilst secretly wishing it were so!

I want to tell you that it is so.....

I'm trying to let you know that others see in you

things you only hoped and dreamed to be.

So hold up your heads today and know that.... 

you are special and valued 

just as you are! 

Just wanted to show you the two ripple blankets

that I have just finishes.

The pink is a cot blanket for a friend's granddaughter.

This one I started last week.

Thank you all for your help and encouragement

over my crochet learning curve!

And finally....

I sent my mother 

two of the crochet hearts I had made....

and she saw my Valentine's tree on the last post...

so...

being my mother...

and not to be outdone....

she went straight into the garden ...

got her own twig...

and sent me a picture of her tree!

I'm sorry about the quality of the photo

but I couldn't download it from the iPad and so

had to take a photo of it.

Worth it...I'm sure you'll agree?

For those who are fairly new to my blog and haven't met my Mother....

she did a guest post last August

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