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Watch

During our lives as we learn to cope we can forget the simple and important things.

This story gives us an idea how we can turn a warning around until it is an opportunity, and to remember to stop and smell the roses and not miss anything again. Opportunities come from what we are aware of and notice, not from what we ignore.

Watch

Mar 13:37  And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

My stepfather Herb and I looked in the direction she was pointing. The three of us were on a driving tour of Arizona after a memorable visit to the Grand Canyon. On this day, we were braving the steep roads and hairpin turns of the White Mountains.

“Oh, Herb, over there, isn’t that some kind of hawk?” my mother said. “Beyond those trees, could that be a coyote?”

“Gosh, Bebe,” I finally said to my mother, who usually spent extended driving time listening to tapes or reading out loud from the newspaper, “where did this new interest in the great outdoors come from?”

“Well, surely you saw that sign when we started up the mountain,” she answered, still peering out the window. “You know: watch for wild animals.”

I caught Herb’s eye in the rearview mirror from my place in the backseat and giggled.

“I’m sure that was a coyote,” my mother was saying.

Of course, the sign was meant as a warning for drivers, but my mother had turned it into an opportunity. I thought about some of the ways I could do the same.

I might respond to yield by resisting the urge to score a point in every conversation and listening more thoughtfully to the views of others. I could turn drive carefully into a challenge to care for each fellow traveller I came across. slow could remind me to take time to enjoy the scenery as I pass through the seasons, and stop might prompt me to put a halt to negative thoughts and useless worries.

Maybe Mother was the only one among us who saw where the sign was really pointing. I didn’t know if I would ever pass through the White Mountains again, so I set my gaze on the deep woods that rimmed the road, watching for wild animals, too.

Father, as I pass through this world of wonder, let me watch for the signs that point me to You.

By Pam Kidd

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