Blind Spots
I just read a cool blog by this dude Tony Steward and it really hit home. He was talking about how he goes to Starbucks to do a lot of his work, for the same reasons we all do: great environment, great coffee, and even though they know and like you they let you work.
But he was talking about how he has his bag with him holding his laptop accessories and a camera and whatever else we put in our computer bags (that's a great idea for a blog later today). From time-to-time he would catch himself quickly looking down to make sure it was still leaning against the leg of his chair, not because he had reason to suspect someone might steal it but because he was so focused on what he was doing he would have been oblivious if someone had taken it.
I am totally in that spot right now. I am right where I want to be in my life. I have my dream job that I believe God has prepared and set up for me. I have an awesome family that I fully realize I am undeserving of, and I have great relationships all around me. My parents, my siblings, my in-laws, friends, co-workers, baristtas. I have hobbies that I enjoy, I play fun video games when I get the chance, I have a business that has way too many people interested in it (just kidding). But what I find happening is that I get so focused on one thing that everything else disappears.
I was talking with my dad last weekend and I made a comment about how I tend to not think about people if they aren't in my line of sight. This is a new self-aware concept I have discovered about myself. I'm not proud of it, it doesn't mean I don't like people I just get so focused on what is in front of me that I lose sight of everything else. And I constantly find myself doing that exact quick head turn to make sure those other things that I deeply care about are there. My dad did not act surprised since this is something he has known about me for a long time. But it's a scary couple of seconds when the thought enters your mind that you completely missed something you care about. When you realize that you potentially and probably missed something that you wanted to be a part of, all because you were too focused on other important but different things.
I realize that this isn't something I can just fix but something I need to be more aware of so that I don't one day quickly turn my head toward a relationship and see it already gone. I think we can all have these blind spots (I'm probably still the king though) and should look around a little more, not to lose focus of important things but to keep stock on what is important to us more intentionally.
PEACE
Doug
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10:40 AM
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