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 differently. 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 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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