We all know how a mother’s eye can transform the ugliest newborn into the most adorable of creatures. (To a mother’s eye, no newborn is ugly.)
Yoga and meditation are not too unlike that.
They can transform life’s trials and suffering, not necessarily into something pleasant or beautiful, but into something certainly more bearable.
The eye of love and compassion is truly miraculous. Through the grace of practice, our vision is altered. We might even come to see hidden blessings in the “ugliest” of situations.
I, for one, practice to have my vision transformed by the grace of this loving eye,
The Every Day Yogi 