Caricature or created in God's image?
How do we see others? We rarely see them for who they really are. Are we even capable of this? It depends. Do we want to see others as they really are? Or do their flaws and faults only serve to remind us of our own, so we'd rather not see them, thank you very much? You may have heard that 80% of what we see in others is true of ourselves. Ouch. So depending on how you see someone directly correlates to something in you. It is much easier to make someone into a caricature than acknowledge all of their qualities. A caricature distorts. It usually highlights whatever feature stands out in the person, usually bad and usually obvious. Why is it important that we try to see the whole person and not just their caricature? Short answer: because that is how we would like to be seen by others. There are those "standout" qualities in each of us, whether good or bad; but that is not the whole story. Ever. Lucille Ball comes to mind. If I mention her name, you most likely t