Real or Figurative Dinosaur?

There are two broad dinosaur definitions:

1. extinct reptile, many gigantic, from the Mesozoic Era (real)
2. outmoded or outdated person or thing (figurative)

Unclaimed print documents accumulate in our corporate community copier, printer, scanner and mail area.  Helpful colleagues often attempt to ensure that they are united with the intended party.  A colleague who wanted to be helpful asked me about a dinosaur report.   Though I'd not heard of a dinosaur report, I first assumed that a clever colleague had renamed a report deemed important only by the report originator.  However, it was actually the class schedule for kindergarten class reports on dinosaurs.

This was a vivid reminder that we all attach different meanings to words, terms, references, experiences and things.

Different Ways of Seeing

I still vividly remember my precious Mother's angst as we drove home from the optometrist so very many years ago. With my new glasses, I kept commenting on the individual leaves on the trees, mortar between the bricks and other details that lucky 20/20 vision individuals routinely experience.  Distant views of these things had been obscured with my serious near-sightedness.  I had no basis for comparison, so my newfound clarity was awesome. 

Mine is a dramatic example of illumination, but hopefully a reminder that we all see things differently.  Only by comparing visions do we have the benefit of different ways of seeing a situation.