June
2003 issue
What do you put in front of you?
I ask this question because what's in front of us,
what's right
within our sight, is often what we reach for. Positive
results can
come from placing beneficial things within your reach.
Today, I realized suddenly that I hadn't been taking
my green food
for at least two weeks. Green food is a powder made
from, well,
green foods. When I take the bland powder mixed with
water, I see a
definite result -- in things like my hair and nails.
So why wasn't I
taking it? The answer came quickly when I went to look
for the
cannister--and had to stand a stepstool, moving bins
of flour,
sugar, and cooking oil to get to it on the top shelf.
No wonder I
hadn't been taking my green food. It was out of sight,
and out of
mind.
What beneficial items are out of sight in your life?
Stop for a few minutes and really consider the
question.
Maybe what you've let slip out of your sight is a
healthful product
or activity like my cannister of green food, your
daily vitamins, or
even a good book you intended to read. Or maybe it's
something more abstract -- like making time for play,
or a dream you let slip
behind the hassles of daily life.
Sometimes another strange phenomena occurs. Things we
once cherished and appreciated, beautiful things have
somehow become hidden to us. Like a beautiful
butterfly hidden in plain sight among dry, dead
leaves, the things that are important or beautiful to
us can
sometimes be lost to our thoughtful sight.
Whatever important items or ideas you've lost sight
of--whether
they're truly hidden or you just don't see them-- take
stock of
what's in front of you, what you do clearly see. The
things we keep
in front of us are often what we reach for. And these
very things might just be blocking the way.
The next step? Take action. Shove aside the bins of
cooking oil,
flour, or whatever else is blocking your view of
something
beneficial to your body, your mind, or your figurative
heart and
soul.
It's never too late to reclaim something you've let
temporarily out
of sight.
Sheri McGregor
Invitation: If you have tips, or anything else you
want to share with Sheri and/or Mothers Who Dream
readers, please send Sheri
email.
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