√ The Eyes of the Virus
They say that your eyes are the windows to your soul. But today, they have become so more. Facial coverings mask our expression and muffle our voices. The only light of expression is now left in the offering from our eyes.
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A few bandanas, lots of surgical masks. I've seen socks, handkerchiefs, towels and one diaper attached with a bathrobe belt.
Gotta make do where you can.
Masks are there to cover our mouths and noses, cheekbones and chins.
We can't be heard very well.
These things distort sound. We can speak, but it's muffled. How many of you have had to repeat something through your mask? Get used to it. This might last a while.
You can barely hear what's being said.
But you can see, truly see, what is trying to be expressed, If you look for it.
This can lead to frustration.
I made a run for the necessities, and while standing at the stripe on the floor, I saw the customer and the checker speak to one another. They're loud, trying to annunciate, and both were getting frustrated. The customer stopped speaking, looked down at the floor, and shook her head.
She raised her eyebrows, tiled her head to the left, and her eyes changed shape. They had a squint to them, a different glow. They reflected the light, and one could say they even twinkled just a little.
They discovered a different way to smile.
The checker was smiling. You couldn't see it underneath her mask. But you could clearly see the smile in her eyes.
The woman raised her head, looked at the checkers eyes, smiled back and sighed with that familiar sound of relief. They started again.
Conflict resolved.
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Their eyes held the conversation.
A visual offering of humanity.
"The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness.” - Mathew 6-22
That light, lit in the lamp of your glance, communicates more than a thousand words could express.
Be mindful of your eyes.
They reflect the love in your heart.!