When It Comes to Truth in the Heart, the Eyes Have It!
“The eyes of man speak words the tongue cannot pronounce.” Native American Proverb The eyes of humans speak the deepest, and sometimes darkest, truths beyond what human words can express. And there are certainly times when human eyes betray the words that flow across human lips. It seems that there is some sort of invisible umbilical cord between the human heart and human eyes. The eyes always speak the truth within the heart. Is it any wonder then that we often have a hard time looking people in the face when we have something heavy weighting on our hearts. It’s difficult to muster the words we need and to speak to them honestly when we don’t want to hurt them, much less look them in the face as we speak. I have no doubt this is one of the reasons why email and texting are so popular today. Likewise, this mysterious heart-to-eyes connection is also the reason why we find it very difficult to look someone directly in the eyes and lie to them. Inherently, we know that our...