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06 Sep 2006, 5:41 pm / Other
I have come to the comclusion that we are all, all of us, very much like glass. Whether it can be seen immediately or not is not important, for sometimes truth is hidden. However that is not the matter at hand! The matter at hand is that we are all in some way like glass.
This is not to say that we are all quite breakable. By no means, No! Many are strong and many others are "breakable" It is similar to the difference between "bullet-proof" glass window which is thick and very hard to break and the thin crystal of a goblet. The people who are very breakable are easily bent to the will of another or easily reduced to a public display of extreme emotions that one would usually hope to keep private. These are the people who are comparable to the crystalline glass of a goblet. Those who are harder, more rigid, stubborn, strong-willed,or even tough are they who are like to the thick bullet-proof panes which are in the homes of those wealthy high profile persons.
Strong and weak glass are not the only categories for a person to fall into, however. What of the glass of spectacles? Those which allow a person to see in a different, if not better, way? Is this glass not like to those influences on ourselves which change our very ways of thinking so that all that is around us appears to be different?
There is more! Much more!
There is the glass of a magnifying glass, which is like an intelligent, analytical person who seeks to know all of what is within their sights before moving on to the next thing. In the same way, the magnifying glass sees one particular spot, examining it and bringing every part of it to view before the glass itself is moved.
Then, there is the glass of a mirror, which reflects all that is around it, much like an easily influenced person.
As I look farther, it seems to me that the comparisons could go on forever. Or, at least for every type of glass, and for every use of glass. The window, the glass vase, stained glass, broken glass, a glass greenhouse! Every one of these can be compared to a person! The possibilities seem to be near endless!
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