Eyes Wide Open ---- or seeing what is in plain sight!

Create A Life You Love

Last week was a most frustrating week for me.  I was excitedly anticipating the visit of my daughter and her two small children. I scurried to the attic and pulled out the “pack and play” for the baby as well as the bouncy seat and swing!  I was going to be ready on every front.  Alas, the fabric covers that went into these devises were not in the attic.  I looked through the closet where I was certain I had stored them three years before. Nope, nothing, nada. So, with a lot of self-flagellation, I searched every other closet and box in the house ---Not just ONCE, but TWICE!  I looked everywhere, even in spots that were ridiculous.

In my mind, I imagined the tub into which I had folded the clean baby things!  I had made sure they were ready for the next use. As the day went on and I could not find the tub, my anxiety at my lack of focus and memory really started to bug the crap out of me!  Really, I thought, you are becoming a ditsy old lady!  I didn’t let up on myself and my mind swirled all night.  Hubby said, “maybe you threw them away!” To which I retorted, “ Of course not!  That foolish, I am not.” But where could they be?

The following morning, I revisited the closet where it was most logical for me to have stowed the tub, I took down the tub with my mother’s quilting – knowing they were not there – but resolved to turn every stone.  Next an odd tub of old fabric – yup not there either. Then I spotted a smaller tub that appeared to have a lacy item in it. Yes indeed, I had looked at that tub at least six times before. Lace – not on the baby stuff – that fabric was full of little animals! I guessed it was the fabric I was saving for a window covering at some date in the future.  I had repeatedly purposefully overlooked this tub on multiple occasions, rejecting it as beyond a possibility.  Well, by gum – today I would open everything!  And there it was!! Every single item – in the exact place I ‘knew’ it would be! 

Crazy Huh?  Why did it take so long for me to see what was in plain sight? Why, when it was in the very spot I knew it should be? Shaking my head with incredulity – I was forced to reckon with the many times we have what we want and need right in front of us and we maybe don’t see it.  Are we trying to hard? Are we dismissing the obvious as not good enough?

It’s happened to you – you find that perfect car of your dreams, unique and lovely. After you buy it you keep seeing it on the highway – and there are lots of them?  Why didn’t you see them before? Or, something challenging enters your life, and you think you are the only person that has this situation.  You feel alone and vulnerable. You might even feel isolated – until you start sharing your journey and suddenly you find others who are sharing your journey.

As you move into Creating a Life YOU Love, please allow the process of discovery to unfold as it will.  You can’t force yourself to see – but you can get clear on what you are wanting and needing, and you can share the journey with others.  Who knows – you just might already have what you are wanting!