A Grain of Salt

I looked out the window and for a minute I thought I saw a horse! It turned out to be some kind of worker for the gas company but what they were doing in the field across the way is somewhat puzzling. However it made me laugh a little at my so called improved vision! Despite new glasses I find I cannot see well whether I am reading, writing on the computer or looking out at long distances (never been good at that even with other glasses). I have probably made more U-turns than most people because I see the road sign just as I am passing through the intersection (one of the reasons why I really dislike travelling somewhere that I don’t know).

We all have our little handicaps, foibles and negative stuff but I think it is good to make fun of those areas in our life where we are not stellar. A sense of humour is one of the greatest gifts God gave us and I am certainly very grateful that I have a good strong sense of humour.

I was repeating to Mom something Dad said many years ago, speaking specifically about our family. He said that we had (in Danish) “fine feeling” and what he meant by that was that we could have sensitive feelings. While I find that I can be hard-nosed about many things and let things roll off me I can also be sensitive to criticism (who can’t).

And that’s why I take most things with “a grain of salt”.