November 2026 Newsletter

Hello, and a new-adventures-await November to you!
Welcome, or welcome back, to my newsletter. Today's issue is about seeing with the eyes of a child. Enjoy!

When we're little, most of us are in a big hurry to grow up. If the way we act or respond is called "babyish" or "immature", it is not a compliment, and we may feel ashamed, wanting to suppress that behavior permanently. Yet "childlike wonder", or "the unfettered joy of a child", is seen as an admirable characteristic. What if it's possible to adopt the desirable traits of being like a child, without bringing in those unwanted ones?

To me seeing with the eyes of a child implies innocence, wonder, and lack of judgment. For a baby, everything is new -- the world is to be explored and experienced. There is no "should" regarding where attention belongs, since the box the toy came in is as interesting as the toy itself, the bug crawling over the flower as worthy of being investigated as the blossom.

The youngster playing in the sandbox is immersed in the activity, completely in the present moment. He is not distracted by worries about "doing it wrong" or frustrations because he wishes his little pail was red instead of aqua. How often do we adults let our eyes simply accept and appreciate our own surroundings like this, with no "it would be even better if ..." thoughts? If we're mentally looking at an imagined scene which is different than what is right in front of us, we're not truly seeing Reality.

Take your time to explore the details of the view, whether it's out the window or across the room or on the page of the book in front of you. Look at the shapes, the colors, the textures. If it's a familiar scene, can you see it as new, perhaps not the way it's always been? We can often get lazy with our looking, expecting things not to change, and then we might miss something important. Life is dynamic. Those children's picture games of "find what doesn't belong", like a dog sitting up on a tree branch, will train you to look with curious investigating eyes.

The child learning to walk, eager to master this important skill, is a great example of how I feel about improving my formerly very myopic vision. This has seemed easier for others than for myself, and my progress has been slow. Yet I want to keep improving, and though I'll always be learning, want to get to the point where seeing easily and clearly is just another part of my skill set, like walking. Seeing is a physical skill, like walking, yes, but is also a brain/attention/emotional skill. When I first started this work, it alarmed me how much my emotional state affected my vision.

My first reaction to realizing how big a factor my feelings were in my vision was to blame myself for being "too sensitive", which I've been accused of as long as I can remember. Then I took up the challenge of improving my emotional steadiness and stability, merely noticing how frightened I could get by loud noises or angry people, rather than trying to "be tough" and suppress my reaction. Then I took the next step of simply observing the disruption, not taking it in and holding onto it. I continue to be a work in progress with this, yet I know fully now most of what used to upset me and lead me not to want to see clearly was not that serious. If I feel safe in my body and in my environment, like the child in the sandbox, I'll see pretty well, and the same may be true for you.

For an article on looking at something new, or something familiar with a new attitude, click here.

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Let me know what you've wondered about concerning energy medicine or vision or dreams. I'll be glad to write a short article addressing that topic. Thank you to those who have sent me questions, or see a question you asked me in a private session written about here. You're helping many other people! Enjoy the start of this never-before month of November. I'll write again in a few weeks. Take care!