Windows

"Inside Outside"  copyright 2011, Caris Cerdwyn

We get little glimpses sometimes into the workings of peoples' inner lives.  They are only glimpses and we do well to remember that.  Sometimes we think we know who they are, they have been part of our lives for so long.  They are predictable.  But then one day you see something you had never seen before, never knew about them, and just slightly, your perception of that person changes.  Outside worlds and inside worlds can be very different from one another.  Many times they come together as in the reflection above.  But those are just windows.  When we discover something new about someone, something perhaps that is disturbing, or unpleasant, we sometimes make quick judgments.  Remember, it's only a glimpse, and the whole story can be a whole lot more complicated than what we might want to hear about.  Other times we discover a whole, amazing, creative, gifted human being who carries around a plethora of wisdom and humor and love.  We are all a mixture.