Looking

The way we see the world depends first on the world,
but secondly, it depends also on the way we look.

We can look at the world through pessimistic glasses
and see the small plastic bottle that was left on the beach,
get really upset that people throw rubbish everywhere and
miss out on the beautiful colors of the sea under the sunny sky.

We can look at the world through optimistic glasses
and see the sea in all its glory with its magnificent tints;
we may notice the bottle and pick it up so no one else gets upset about it.

Can you see the difference?
Which spec shall we choose?

I have a photo below, showing a painting from my niece:

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Sister blogs:
Inspirational quotes
Small prayers for a big world
Brother blog (selection of my poems, written under the pen name of Aufie Zophy):
aufiezophypoems

 Dutch version of some of my posts: Juweeltjes voor de ziel