I See you

Sr. Mary Catherine glowered at me.
We were late to religion class again.
It was really not my fault.

My brother, Phil, was suppose to be watching the clock since class began at 4pm. Most days, he did a good job. The episode of "Smurfs" bowled us over and we continued to keep the TV on.

Until something didn't feel right.
The convent was a 10 minute walk from home.
It was a three-minute run that day.
And 30 minutes on our knees for the rest of class. (Corporal punishment was still practiced in those days.)

I wish I could've told the sisters that the Smurfs also taught us how to be good.
Smurfs were blue peaceful creatures who wore white trousers.
But they had a habit of not being content with enough.
They always wanted something else and this was the hilarious plot to the cartoon.

In "Avatar", it was the humans who had this shameless habit.
While the blue creatures, the Na'Vi, lived in harmony with each other and the world.

I see you.
This is the Na'Vi's greeting to each other.
The God in me sees the God in you.

When Jake Sully and the Neytiri first professed their love for each other, it was
I See you.

And when Neytiri (a Na'Vi) finally sees Jake as a human (he was in a Na'Vi body), she says,
I See you.

Blessed am I for I have been seen.
and so,
I See you.



ps. Photo http://www.smurf.com/smurf.php/www/who/en/smurf
ps2. Interesting story on the existence of "blue people"
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kyperry3/Blue_Fugates_Troublesome_Creek.html