There is You and There
is You
I don’t mean to beat a dead horse to
death, as has been said; but, once again, I want to expand on my posting, “Who
Am I?” of August 9th, the one concerning the development of one’s
character–the “color of his water”.
In that posting, we imagined in our
mind’s eye that, in the very beginning, there was a spirit in Heaven, just
waiting to be born, visualizing that spirit as a glass of pure and clear water,
perfect in every way. The egg of the mother was placed into that glass of water
along with the sperm of the father, thereby fertilizing the egg and creating a
person with all the genes and DNA of both parents. The water became slightly
colored. As life progressed in the womb, the experience of the fetus therein
added to the color of water. Then the infant is born, nurtured, educated, grows
up, etc., the environment and experience of which ever increasingly added to
the color of the water in the glass–the person’s character. There is you.
What I failed to discuss, was the
subject of decisions. As a person comes into this world and grows, his
character (the color of his water) is influenced by the decisions of others. As
he progresses in life, however, these decisions become his. Although his decisions,
in part, are influenced by his past, as he matures, they become increasingly
his and he is in charge, leading to the ultimate formation of his character
(the color of his water)–for better or for worse. There is you.
You have made your life what you are and
you are responsible. There are over three hundred million “glasses of water” in
our country; they all have a different color; and, looking through different colored lenses, they all view everything as
well as each other differently.
Ronald Miller
mtss86@bellsouth.net
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