Smoke in My Eyes

2026-08-12

🔑 Smoke in My Eyes.

Sometimes a cartoon makes you laugh first and think afterwards.

This one is meant to do exactly that.

There is something wonderfully ridiculous about discovering that the thing clouding your vision may not be the world at all. Sometimes it is simply the smoke we have allowed to gather around us.

🔑 The Joke Behind the Smoke.

The comic uses smoking as the visual joke, but the bigger message is about distraction.

Smoke gets in the eyes.

It makes things harder to see.

It makes simple things confusing.

And sometimes we do the same thing to ourselves without noticing.

Anger can become smoke.

Fear can become smoke.

Stress can become smoke.

Pride can become smoke.

Even an obsession with being right can create enough smoke to hide what is actually happening.

The problem is not always that the truth has disappeared.

Sometimes we simply cannot see it clearly anymore.

🔑 Clear the Air.

The practical lesson is simple:

When everything seems confusing, stop for a moment and ask what is actually blocking the view.

What am I reacting to?

What am I assuming?

What am I refusing to see?

What would become obvious if I cleared away the smoke?

That little pause can make a surprisingly big difference.

And unlike smoke, clarity does not need to be inhaled.

🔑 The Moral.

We cannot always control what happens around us, but we can learn to recognise the things that cloud our judgement.

Don’t mistake a foggy view for a broken world.

Sometimes the first step toward seeing clearly is simply clearing the smoke.

The joke is in the comic.

The lesson is in the mirror.

🗡️ God’s Journalist in conjunction with ChatGPT . and the Holy Spirit