Taking it Literally

While discussing the character trait of being "humble" during our character-building homeschool time this morning, I explained: "Being humble means not seeking personal attention or being prideful or bragging.  Philippians 2:4 talks about how God wants us to take our eyes off of ourselves and look not only to our own interests but to the needs/interests of others."  A puzzled look came across John Caden's face. Quite perplexed yet curious he asked, "But Mommy, how can we take our eyes off of ourselves?"  As he was raising his hands to his eyes to try to see if they could really come off, I quickly came up with a better explanation. :)