Some time ago I had my eyes examined. The doctor went through the usual procedures and at their end said this to me: "From a medical point of view, your eyes are fine." I thought that to be a rather curious way of putting the matter, and it reminded me of the fact that one’s eyes might be in top shape medically, but then the medical point of view is not the only point of view. People can have eyes that are medically sound and yet have the most warped and perverted view of life, of other people, of themselves. One person can see a problem as an arena of potential growth and another as a cause for chronic despair. One person can see the rain as an impetus to growth and another as a cause of gloom. One person can see marriage as a liberating process and another as a prison. One clergyman sees…