Do You Know What You Are Looking For?

Have you ever lost something.  Looked all over for it.  Then found it and realized you had looked at it many times just didn't see it?

That just recently happened to me.  It amazes me how often it can happen.  

I decided to be very organized for Easter.  Bought the candy about 3 weeks early.  Hid it so my kids wouldn't see it.  Then a few days before Easter went to get it.  I realized very quickly I had no idea where I had hid it.  So off I went on my very own Easter Egg hunt lol.  My 18 year old found it quite amusing.  I looked for 2 days and couldn't find it.  I was frustrated.  I took a deep breath and told myself "It's here, I know it is.  I just have to relax and let my eyes see it".  Within a few min I found it.  

Here is the crazy part.  I had looked at it about 4 times.  I just didn't see it.  How in the world does that happen?  I realized that I had been looking for a Walmart bag and the candy was in a Target bag.  It was not until I relaxed my mind was I able to see it.  The stranger part was that I will still looking for that Walmart bag, however as soon as I saw the Target bag it hit me, "there's the candy".  

So.... I started to think.  What if what I am looking for in life is right in front of me, but I cant see it?  What if I am looking for the Walmart bag but it's in the Target bag.  Translation.... what if I am so convinced I know what I need to move forward and reach that next goal in life that I can't see the solution that is sitting right in front of me.  

Question... Do you know what you are looking for?  If you do be very careful that you are not so convinced on what you think you are looking for that you can't see what you are really looking for.  

Solution?  Be open, try things you may not normally try.  Take a deep breath from time to time and allow the unexpected to enter your life.  Meet people who are outside of the typical group you would hang out with.  Learn to look at things with a new set of eyes.  

Since realizing this I am practicing looking at my world with a different set of eyes.  Being open to finding the "Target bag" instead of the "Walmart bag".  It has only been a few weeks and it amazes me the people who have entered my life.  What you are looking for could be right in front of you, you just can't see it yet :-)