Imagine that every movement in your body were upside down, and then your body had to put it back the right way. Scientifically, that’s exactly how the eye works. When you see an image, your eye sees it upside down, and your brain has to work on that image to put it back the right way. Why in the world would God make such a weird invention? Why can’t You make it normal? When I grab food, I grab it the right way, and it goes straight into my mouth. I don’t have to grab it backward, put it in my mouth, and have my mouth put it back the right way so I can swallow it. It makes no sense. Why is that?
The ways of Hashem are wondrous, but perhaps it’s because the eye is so tricky. In English, we say an image is worth a thousand words. I totally disagree. Sometimes you see an image and think you understand what it is, but you don’t. We see people and judge them very quickly based on their appearance. Then you get to know them a little more deeply and realize I was tricked. We are now in the middle of a war. Israel is at war against Hamas, and you have people who may not look like angels but are fighting in the IDF. These guys are angels. I went there a few weeks ago. When I came back, I could tell you that every single one of them gives their lives for us. How many times have you judged someone based on what they looked like, only to find it was a whole different story? Usually, that’s how it goes. We see someone and form a judgment, and then, after talking to them, we realize they’re amazing people. They have a crazy story that is super interesting. That’s why Hashem makes an eye that sees everything upside down: we have to take everything we see and analyze it. Is it true? Is it worth it? Is it what it looks like, or is there something deeper behind it? It’s the same thing with the eye. The difficulty of not looking at certain images, but do those images really portray the truth? Maybe we should think twice.