The heart (Walking Through Illusion, Thompson)

    Kaleb, a business man portrayed in the Bible and in Thompson's book Walking Through Illusion, hoped to gain what everybody did from a talent they enjoyed, "...a heart full of love and contentment."  Instead, he was arrogant because of his talent and looked down upon his co-workers.  Eventually, Kaleb became very sick and bed-ridden.  Jesus came to his bed to talk.  After discussing many things (politics, work, family life) Jesus discovers what is wrong with Kaleb.  He says, "  ...you have the same thing wrong with you that we have wrong with us."  Kaleb thinks to himself, "They have heart conditions too?"  Then, Kaleb understood; "We all come here with heart conditions and we're all trying to heal them."  Kaleb then realizes that if everyone else has a heart condition just as he does then why is he in bed and they are standing up?  Kaleb, then, stands up and is healed of his "heart condition."   
     As in Kaleb's story, we have all gotten wrapped up in our own problems without realizing that we don't have to.  It's all a matter of perspective.  Kaleb just needed to be reminded of where he came from to return to it.  There are times when we get tunnel vision with work, our family, or our children and we can't see anything else.  There is a lot more to see out there besides our own perspective.