The other day I was out in my yard, digging and pulling, sweeping and watering. I was feeling tired, but accomplished, when I felt a twinge of pain between my toes. Thinking it was just an ant, I reached down to wipe it off and squish it to death, and instead I got a thistle stuck in my finger.
It made me think. I was reacting as if to an ant biting me, when it was just a thistle. I ended up in pain, when I could have instead assessed the situation and reacted in a way to take care of it easily and painlessly. How often do I react to people based on the immediate feeling I get instead of taking the time to actually see them and see their needs and where they are coming from. How often to I end up getting hurt because I've reacted to someone based on perception and prejudice instead of seeing the person for who they are and what they're going through.
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