Today, and thinking it over.

As the comedian Flip Wilson used to say, “What you see is what you get.” And he was right.

In our world, what we see (and hear) is how we perceive life and the world around us. And ourselves.

That view is sometimes a bit distorted by inattention to detail, or misunderstanding what we see. Sometimes our view is distorted by what we are told we are seeing, what we are told to see.

Perhaps we can foresee the world of tomorrow by projecting what our children are seeing now, what they are told to see.

Author and humorist Clarence Day wrote: If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any.

People see what they think is there. – Sir Terry Pratchett

And from Flip Wilson again: Violence is a tool of the ignorant.