I've been thinking about perceptions and good judgement this week. I wonder about these things often, but this week especially, because I have a head cold and it's affected my hearing significantly. That ridiculous tornado siren on the firehall next door didn't bother me at all yesterday. I often run into an inner room and close the door or put my fingers in my ears. Not yesterday. All sounds have a hushed and softened quality. If my hearing never comes back to normal, I will certainly have to trust others when they protest my loud music. Or learn to wear hearing aids or figure out how to read lips.
Besides that, ever since having COVID-19 my sense of smell is messy. This winter I'm sure I smell smoke where I know there is no smoke. Or car exhaust like the kind that comes from an engine running in the garage on a cold day. No garage, no car running, yet there it is. I wish it could have been nice scents the dear enemy had left behind.
While I ponder these messy perceptions, I am working on little, happy spring projects. I had the paper and paint while twenty dollars bought me these nifty bamboo dividers.
I am pretty sure my smart camera provided the extra clarity with a filter for my chickadee in the tree here. Or maybe my camera really can get it that clear? I'm leery of it. I'm pretty sure I was too far away.
This potted plant lived outside on the patio last summer and a chipmunk kept digging a hole in the dirt in the pot. Now I realize that he was trying to store acorns. I think this is an oak sprout anyway. But my judgement is just wonky enough in a couple other places in my life; if any of you have a better way to identify this baby plant, please do.
Today I'm sewing new throw pillow covers for the living room couches. And I'm painting the little step stool that the grandkids use to reach the sink in the bathroom for hand washing.
Back to the poor judgement problem. My take away is that it's safer to save my strong opinions for the real things, like what God says in his word. And to trust others who have better perceptions than I do right now. And to be kind to everyone even when I'm feeling confident that I know what's what.
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