King Lear, late at night on the cliffs asked the blind Earl of Gloucester “How do you see the world?”
Gloucester replies “I see it feelingly ….”
In Shakespeare's King Lear, there are several sequences which relate to the blindness of its various characters.
Blindness that differs from one to another , because of what they are able to see or not see and also because of their nature.
Pride,anger, jealousy, selfishness and ambition obstruct our vision…
The world needs us to see with our hearts as we do with our eyes.
To see ‘feelingly’.
Without empathy, concern, kindness…the world will cease to be anything worth saving.
We must remember this in these difficult times …..