The other day on our community Facebook page it was announced that the town car wash had reopened. I didn’t even know we had a car wash, and asked where it was located.
Apparently, it was behind the Dairy Queen. I had passed by the Dairy Queen hundreds of times since I moved here almost four years ago, and had never noticed the car wash.
The next time I made my way to town I looked toward the Dairy Queen, and sure enough there was the car wash tucked behind. It had been there the whole time, but I had never looked for it.
As I thought about it, I wondered how many other things I had missed out on simply by not looking? I consider myself a curious person, but I do know that I can fall into autopilot in my day to day life.
For me it’s easier to shop at Walmart than H‑E‑B because I’m already familiar with Walmart. That being said, in an attempt to make some different food choices I intentionally shopped at H‑E‑B this last week.
What I discovered was that I began looking at products in a different way. There were many options I had not tried before. I had found myself returning each week to the same foods, and I was totally bored with eating.
As a result I kept returning to the pantry to find something that might satisfy my cravings. And sadly that was rarely an apple.
I decided I need to start looking for something new and the different. I need to discover novelty, and let go of the all too familiar. I learned through this one small incident that, “You don’t see what you don’t look for.”
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