I share that curiosity and desire to hear about others’ experiences with you, @Carson! I am especially interested in the relationship or interplay between our limited perspectives and the interpretations or meanings we draw from our experiences…which is no doubt why I’m drawn to psychotherapy. 
I have learned much from my experiences, and something I was reflecting on this morning – which comes off the back of something I said yesterday in this conversation re. blindness – is that to be human is to have blind spots. Limitations, if you will. Biases, yes, in terms of inclinations, even prejudices. This is why we need each other and need to be open to hearing about ourselves from one another!
The theme of blindness is present all throughout Scripture, and it’s often associated with slavery. It is the human condition. We are always being blinded or obstructed by something. Thus there is seemingly always a bondage in which we remain. Maybe that’s why Jesus’ application of the prophet’s words to himself in Luke 4 is so powerful.
… the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
Part of allowing Christ to set us free is to allow him to un-blind us…and to not fear that process! Facing shame…and inviting others into the process of doing so…is terrifying. But it is so crucial for our freedom and our being in the world and with others.