Perception
Have you ever read something or heard something that irritated you but when you spoke to the author, they had a completely different meaning? They had not meant to offend you but that was your perception of it.
We all see different things based on our own perspective and sometimes we agree with others and at other times we don’t. The notion of a glass being half-empty or half-full is one that many people will be familiar with - it depends on your perspective - your perception.
The crabbed old woman is a poem directed at nurses about an elderly lady, asking them to see her and not ‘the crabbed old woman’. It is about looking beyond what we can see on the surface and behind the obvious. In our busy lives we tend to do so much in a rush, what we believe we see or know - it can be limited or incomplete.
More than one perception can be invaluable.