The epitome of communication.
The eyes.
Have you ever studied a picture of someone? Have you ever
wondered what they were feeling the minute that shutter clicked? Have you
considered what they were thinking when that picture was taken?
The eyes tell us so much about what is happening inside someone’s
feelings. The eyes seem to sparkle with the emotion of happiness, whereas
dullness comes with despair or hopelessness. When a person is expecting
something, looking forward to something, many times you can SEE that in their
eyes.
Some people, including my mother, can communicate completely
and effectively using only her eyes. She can look at me and immediately, I can
hear her saying “You need to be quiet right now.” Another look could
communicate “Stop doing that.” Or yet another looks says “You’re doing such a
great job.” The one no one wants to see, “You’re in so much trouble.” All that
without “saying” a single word.
Try it sometime! Look at a picture of that multimillionaire,
look at their eyes. Are they excited to
be posing for that magazine? Are they surprised that anyone would want
to take their picture? Or are they impatient waiting for the photographer to
hurry up and snap their picture because they have more important things to do
with their valuable time? Or better yet, are they seemingly lost, feeling that
they have everything, but have nothing?
God created us with this effective communication factor. How
wonderful that we don’t have to rely only on the words of others to understand
what they are feeling, experiencing, and considering.
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