A Different View

Life must look so different
from another person's eyes.
Our lives are all so different
Yet so very much the same.
Joys and sorrows.
Tears and laughter.
For we all live in a fallen world
A world that is broken
Yet forever being healed
By the grace and mercy of God

But our view of life is so different
Some of us are looking at the world
From the top of the mountain
Others are staring in awe
At the universe God has made
While others are standing in a valley
wondering where the sun has gone
and why God seems so absent
We are all standing at a different place

And our past has so much to do with what we see
For some, their vision is clear as day
The mountains and valleys they've climbed
Have given them a clear view of life
For others, their vision is cloudy
Perhaps they are in the midst of a valley
Where the clouds have darkened their way
And they feel so small and insignificant
For the view from the valley is so different
From the view on the mountain
And the view from the beginning is so different
From the view at the end.

So, I wonder what it would be like
To see the world from another's eyes
Would we see our own lives differently?
Would we change what we believe?
I think we would have more compassion
For those all around us
Perhaps a bit more patience
And likely much more understanding

Some days I wish I could see the world
From another person's eyes.
So I could understand their thinking
And understand their ways
Why they believe what they do
And why I believe what I do
I think life would look so different
From another person''s eyes.