Day Twenty-Nine: Insight

Word of the Day: insight

Image of the Day:
sunset through the clouds, Shandon

Token of the Day:
moonstone earrings

Moonstone for clarity
Clarity for insight
Insight for living
living for loving.

I made a promise to myself that i would be gently with myself today, no matter what the word...and then my hand chose "insight"! Yet, coming straight after knowledge, it does feel okay, not too challenging, almost restful. Or perhaps that's because i am living the reality of my promise to myself to be gentle regardless!

Does insight come with learning and experience like knowledge does? Is it a resource within me that i need to tune into, still myslef enough so that i can hear, recognise, respond to? Yes, i think it is all of these.

There is real purpose to having insight. I can't simply possess it, that would perhaps be knowledge but it becomes insight when put to use. Insight is the capacity to discern the true nature of a situation; penetration; it is the act or outcome of grasping the inward or hidden nature of things or of perceiving in an intuitive manner. This insight throws light on, offer a way in and out, provides a solution.

Insight is not rude, ill-timed or inappropriate. It comes with a big dose of wisdom, contemplation, empathy, compassion. I think that it is most challenging to use insight for one's own life. I can't get the same perspective that i have access to where others are concerned. I am unsure if i'm being over-critical or being too soft; i doubt myself...

Spiritual insight is how we truly see, beyond any sight our eyes might offer. Paul wrote "I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope to which God has called you, the riches of God's glorious inheritance in the saints" (Eph 1:18). And again, "This is my prayer, that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight" (Php 1:9).

"Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight." Thomas Carlyle

God grant me the sight to see beyond the surface, the humility to trust what you show me, that i may offer insight for the peace, love and wisdom of your world.