We are blessed to have a little cottage where I was sitting one day looking out at the lake remembering a conversation I had with my mother.  She suggested that we cut down a tree that is in front of a window because “it blocks the view”.

  I thought about that when I noticed it the other day because 15 years later, it is still there.

 I realized that is because I believe it does not BLOCK the view.  I believe it is a PART of the view.

That made me wonder how many times I look at something or someone as blocking my view when, indeed, I might look at it or them as a part of the view.

Maybe even enhancing it.

So that shall be my challenge to myself this week.  Next time I am wrestling with something that is IN MY WAY, I shall ask myself the question:  Is it possible that this someone or something that is blocking my view is supposed to be part of my view?  Could it actually even enhance it?

Feels like a lot more work than that smiling thing from a few weeks ago but, hey,  I might just discover something wonderful that I never knew was there.

Cool.