No Need for Eyes to See This

Hi, I’m Joan. I write about building healthier life and relationships.

This morning my granddaughter put on How to Train Your Dragon. Again.

I sat nearby, reading and thinking, writing a bit, occasionally paying slight attention to the movie.

“In centuries of Vikings, I’m the first one who wouldn’t kill a dragon,” Hiccup sulked to Astrid. Feeling the failure of not living up to his culture’s expectations, feeling the sting of disappointing his father, Hiccup doubted himself. Astrid saw beyond this temporary setback:

“Yeah, the first one who was right.”

Hiccup had decided to spare the dragon when he looked into its eyes and realized, “He was just as afraid as I was.” Hiccup saw with the eyes of his heart.

His compassion, as it turned out, changed everything. It changed his father. It changed his village. It changed dragons. It changed him.

We like to think we are far more advanced than the world of Vikings and dragons. But are we?

Do we see with the eyes of our hearts?

Do we find the good?

©Joan T. Warren

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6 responses to “No Need for Eyes to See This”

joannesisco

January 22, 2015 at 9:33 pm

I’ve seen this movie, but never saw it with this perspective. I like the concept of “eyes of our heart” You are so right … often our heart “sees” things we don’t! 🙂

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1. Joan T Warren
  
  January 22, 2015 at 11:27 pm
  
  I may not have, either, had the darling girl not placed it on for the 19,360th time. Or so. 🙂 thanks for stopping by and reading and for sharing, new friend.
  
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Randy

January 18, 2015 at 9:30 pm

Amazing, isnt it? Some cultures even today feel like they need to kill “infidels”.

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1. Joan T Warren
  
  January 18, 2015 at 11:13 pm
  
  Exactly.
  
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Trini Lind

January 17, 2015 at 11:53 pm

Love this! ❤ ❤ ❤

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1. Joan T Warren
  
  January 18, 2015 at 12:33 am
  
  🙂 glad you see the good in this!
  
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