I think I like Amaro just as much as I liked Stabler.
Yes, Law and Order SVU. The first 13 years or so, Detective Stabler faithfully served beside my girl, Olivia Benson. Then abruptly, he leaves at the end of one season and is replaced by Nick Amaro at the beginning of another. I figured Amaro and I would never get along. Because all the things. But now, I think I love him.
Here's why.
This is what usually happens. The SVU detectives all settle in around a crime, they do their investigating, they interview all the people, they discuss all the things. They land somewhere with it, they think they've got it. It's over, they've seen what they can see. And then Amaro always comes in and he speaks up and he says, BUT WHAT ABOUT THIS? Have we thought about this? Have we thought about this angle? How can we look at this in a new way?
Amaro says, LET'S SEE THIS DIFFERENTLY.
He always sees things differently. And the SVU crew follows Amaro's perspective and it usually almost always leads them to the truth. He helps them see. And he's known for that, it's his reputation. Any time someone brings a new light on a case that already feels closed, they say are you pulling an Amaro on us?
I love it so much. I can't tell you how much I love it.
One of my team members always talks about seeing differently. He articulates it so well. We help students see themselves differently, see God differently, see people differently. I love that visual, it helps me see.
Especially lately, I've really needed help seeing. The past week or so, I have literally walked into meetings with co-workers and said "I just need perspective, can you help me see?" I can only see so much and most often I land in fear, and fear always gives a distorted picture. I can only see what the headlights show and sometimes even that is shadowy. Sometimes I can even see what's not even real! But there are so many other perspectives. The real, the truth, is out there.
It's one of the things that makes my corner so great. I look ahead anxiously with blinders on, sometimes shrouded with fear, but they see so many other things all around me. And they see it with clear eyes. From up ahead, from what's behind, from the right, from the left. They enclose me with their vision, all the way around. And they tell me, "here is what's real, here is what we see, here is what is really going on. This is what we see in you, here is where we can see you going."
They say, you don't have to see things through any kind of lens of fear or confusion.
If you can't see, we will help you.
We will help you see differently. To see with hope, with light, with grace, with confidence.
It's what Real or Not Real really is. Silencing lies and seeing differently. Something can look so real and scary and suffocating and you think oh, this is just too overwhelming. Too many things. But when you invite your people in and they say, no no no! That's just fear trying to disguise itself as a real. This is actually really beautiful! One step at a time.
It is hard to articulate the real, true beauty of it. The freedom that a new eyesight brings. A season of change, transition, uncertainty is really opportunity and asset. The hard things are the good things. They tell you, God cares enough about you to care so much about your character. Oh man, I can get on board with that.
So, my word to you, my friends. Invite others into your hard thing. If it's just the beginning or it's the 11th hour and you're crawling toward the finish line, I promise you perspective will renew your mind. We cannot see when we are in it, oh but we have people who can. Name your real or not reals. Speak them out loud. Fight the bad wolf by feeding the good. There is a battle going on and you need help fighting it.
Your life and your story is a wonderful gift. Let's do this together.
It's one of the things that makes my corner so great. I look ahead anxiously with blinders on, sometimes shrouded with fear, but they see so many other things all around me. And they see it with clear eyes. From up ahead, from what's behind, from the right, from the left. They enclose me with their vision, all the way around. And they tell me, "here is what's real, here is what we see, here is what is really going on. This is what we see in you, here is where we can see you going."
They say, you don't have to see things through any kind of lens of fear or confusion.
If you can't see, we will help you.
We will help you see differently. To see with hope, with light, with grace, with confidence.
It's what Real or Not Real really is. Silencing lies and seeing differently. Something can look so real and scary and suffocating and you think oh, this is just too overwhelming. Too many things. But when you invite your people in and they say, no no no! That's just fear trying to disguise itself as a real. This is actually really beautiful! One step at a time.
It is hard to articulate the real, true beauty of it. The freedom that a new eyesight brings. A season of change, transition, uncertainty is really opportunity and asset. The hard things are the good things. They tell you, God cares enough about you to care so much about your character. Oh man, I can get on board with that.
So, my word to you, my friends. Invite others into your hard thing. If it's just the beginning or it's the 11th hour and you're crawling toward the finish line, I promise you perspective will renew your mind. We cannot see when we are in it, oh but we have people who can. Name your real or not reals. Speak them out loud. Fight the bad wolf by feeding the good. There is a battle going on and you need help fighting it.
Your life and your story is a wonderful gift. Let's do this together.
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