What is unseen is eternal

I've been thinking more and more about this verse:

2 Corinthians 4:18

"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."

How do we fix our eyes on what we cannot see? How do we know what is unseen? It seems hard. But truly, what is unseen is what is eternal. That is why a parent always loves their child despite what they might have done. Parents fix their eyes on the hope that lies in the future.

I've started to realize that there is an intimate connection between "fixing our eyes on what is unseen" and true love, true joy, true hope. Fixing our eyes on what is unseen keeps us walking the straight path, guards us from despair and temptations.

God, open our eyes so that we might see what is unseen!!