Seeing All That Life Has To Offer
Have you ever noticed that sometimes we see only what we want to see? You would think that as much focus as we are able to place in any part of our lives that we would see things clearly. That is not always the case, and I share with you a story about how easy it is to miss what is right before your eyes. Sometimes our perceptions get in the way.
Recently I shared a fun evening with a close, long time friend, enjoying a great desert plate as we played a friendly but competitive round of cribbage games. My friend is very good at the game, and rarely misses anything.
This time our games were all very close, with only a few point spread naming the winner. After our third game I suggested one more for a tie-maker, a little variation to the usual tie-breaker. This added a novel feel to the fourth and last game of the evening.
The pressure was now on more than in the previous games. We made the first turn of the board fairly even, then the second. Then a turn of the cards gave me the lead, and this was just the opposite of what we needed to have our tie-making conclusion to the match.
We had only a couple of hands left in the last leg of the game. My friend was so close to finishing and taking the game, but when she counted she missed a few points. I could not overlook it, so I claimed the points for myself.
She responded to her loss of points by saying, I didn’t see those points, my thoughts were on the queen I threw in the crib. Those points would have, and should have, given her the game and tied our match. What happened that caused her to overlook something so obvious?
This turn in the game seemed to fit right into our conversation throughout the game, talking about my new book, Now is the Time to Believe. I guess she was just preparing for her chance to read the book!
Its important that we have the ability to see what is important to see, and filter out the rest. This seemingly automated system does not always work in our favor though. Sometimes we miss what is right before our eyes, overlooking what we want because we are overwhelmed with what we believe.
Seeing all that life has to offer is a choice, a privilege, and magical tool in life that gives us the opportunity to live a rich, fulfilling life. Seeing all that life has to offer gives us the stepping stones that lead us to new adventures, greater knowledge, and higher level understanding.
There are many ways each of us can view our own world, whether its through the eyes of bountiful, or the eyes of life challenges. We all create opportunities in our lives to open our eyes in a new perspective and change our focus.
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