I’ve been thinking a lot lately about sight. Not foresight or hindsight or second sight, but another of the sight family–insight. This may be the most important sight of all, because it’s next door to wisdom. We can have all the sights available and all the knowledge possible, but if insight is missing, the other things don’t amount to a whole lot.
Insight, seems to me, can be developed. It isn’t necessarily something we’re born with, although we probably are born with the capacity to develop it. It is discretion, good, plain, common sense, and a sort of looking beyond what someone says or does, to the reason behind it. Having this ability is a lot of fun. With insight, a person can ferret out the truth hiding within an occurrence or statement.
So, do I mean we should look with suspicion at the obvious? No, not at all. It’s good to be trusting and assume everyone is honest, up to a certain point. Being a mom and a grandma and an old, retired, but unrelenting teacher, I turn often to children’s stories or poems which contain lasting truths. Pinnochio comes to mind. When the poor little wooden puppet was lured with candy and false promises into going where he should not have gone, he was too trusting. He was lacking in insight, and he got into trouble.
With everything going on in the world, it’s good not to take anything at face value, but to look for the real reason behind it. Are we as easily led as Pinnochio? Are things that are presented as good really good? Or, is there something else going on? Hmm. Come to think of it, does insight involve a bit of suspicion? Or curiosity? You be the judge.
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