Weary of the World I See

 I have forgotten It, and do not know where I am going, who I am, or what it is I do.  Remind me, Father, now, for I am weary of this world I see. Reveal what You would have me see instead.

-ACIM-W-224:2:2-4

I am reminded of these words today at a time I am contemplating the suffering I see as the world unfolds  around me. I see this suffering in those I live with and it is so in my face. I see the suffering of people who have lost their beloved pets. I see the suffering in the homeless people that walk the streets of this little city in numbers now.  And I see the suffering of parents and an entire community waiting to see if a child survives a life threatening accident. ( I see,as well, the suffering that I imagine will be never ending  in the person who was behind the wheel). Sigh! I am weary of this world I see. 

I ask, Reveal what you would have me see instead. 

Sigh! All of this is Life just doing what Life does, following laws my mere mortal brain will never understand. I don't want to look away from suffering. I want to look upon it with compassion and kindness and love.  I do want to see more than suffering though too....so there is balance. Show me both sides.  

As I say that I know I am being shown  everyday the beauty and joy that is Life as well, but my mind so often directs my gaze downward locking in on sorrow and suffering.  It fails to see the what you would have me see instead. 

What I should be asking is: give me, all of us,  the strength to offer presence to suffering and then to be able to lift our eyes away from its pull, to see the joy and beauty that we are also here to experience. 

All is well.