We’ve been told that 20-20 vision is perfect, but let’s expand that definition. Perfect vision has nothing to do with how far our eyes can focus without assistance. It’s all in how we see the world. People who wear rose-colored glasses see only the good in people and circumstances. Those with a gloomy outlook are focused on what might go wrong. We all see the world through a particular lens, and we can choose what it is.

This series Perfect Vision: Seeing Through a Spiritual Lens—reminds us of those choices. Each section is focused on a particular way of seeing the world or looking for specific qualities in events and people.


Perfect Vision: Mystery

Article When faced with life’s big questions, how do we accept the unknowable? With a young child’s absolute trust in


Perfect Vision: Compassion

Article The most profound healing event I personally remember occurred as I was recovering from anesthesia following an appendectomy. Read


Perfect Vision: Curiosity

Article As this early 20th-century saying implies, an enlivening satisfaction can be had by satisfying curiosity. Read more of Curiosity


Perfect Vision: Plenty

Article Living your life knowing you have plenty changes everything. When you make decisions from a palpable understanding of sufficiency



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