Blink: Sometimes, we need a push

Sometimes, we need a pull.

Sometimes, we need a reminder.

Sometimes, we need to forget.

Sometimes, we need to be sat down, slapped in the face, and told to shut up.

And other times, we need to be blinded. So we can truly see.

Most of the time, we need all of the above.

If you were completely blind, but could see for just one hour each month, how would you most often spend your time?

When I first heard this question, my mind jumped immediately to what we consider "beautiful" things. The ocean, mountains, fields, sunsets, colors, nature, everything! I would want to see those! So to go along with my answer, I went searching for pictures on the net of things considered 'amazing', 'beautiful' or 'breathtaking'. After about ten minutes of fishing through some truly well-shot photographs, it hit me.

I stopped.

I almost started to cry even. I realized that the true question is not if we were blind, but this:If you could see clearly, but for just one hour each month you were blind, how would you most often spend your time?

Would it be easier to lean on the things that matter? Like faith, love, and true happiness? I'm not saying that the people whom cannot see, those who were born blind, are stronger in faith and love. Maybe for them, it would be the opposite. An hour a month of sight?

But what if we were given an hour each month to be blind?

Is that not the same effect our trials here on earth can have on us? When we go through rough times, blinding times, does it not usually remind us that we need help? We need something much bigger than our problems? We need God. Plain and simple. I believe that when one becomes blind, they can focus on not only the path that is before them, but both the consequences and opportunities to come and the ones we've come through.

The trials we face can be a blessing in so many ways. Sometimes, I wonder, if they could even be considered trials in the end.