As I rode the exercise bike, I looked out the window and was shocked that the neighbor’s yard was covered in snow. It was not forecasted and none of my friends had mentioned the overnight snowfall in their morning texts. A few seconds went by, then I realized that it wasn’t snow on the lawn, it was the sun! My damaged optic nerves caused the bright area to look white, when in reality the ground was simply bathed in light.
I spend much of my life assessing what I see versus what is fact. While this is a literal exercise for me, we are all faced with this process daily as we traverse corporate minefields, raise teenagers and interact with the world at large. Things aren’t always as they seem but when we focus on the clues and what we know to be true, our mysteries can be solved. In this case, Mother Nature did it in Southeastern Pennsylvania with the star around which the earth orbits.
