Monday, June 17, 2013

“O would some power the gift to give us, to see ourselves as others see us!”


[image]http://www.nextmovecoaching.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/perception-vs-reality.jpg                                                                                                                                                                              “…O wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us…

~ Robert Burns,
   poet laureate of Scotland (1759-1796)
Verse translates as:
Oh, that God would give us the very smallest of gifts
To be able to see ourselves as others see us
It would save us from many mistakes
and foolish thoughts
We would change the way we look and gesture
and to how and what we apply our time and attention. http://www.robertburns.org/works/97.shtml

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