Tag: forward

Learn by Observing

Yesterday I was playing one of my little computer games. I had played it before, years ago. The game was probably in it’s infant stages of being created back then, because I’d gotten to the an ending point where I could go no farther forward.

About a month ago, I bought a tablet and sought out some games to put on it. I discover this game again, download it, and find it’s expanded a great deal from that beginning. I’m enjoying the game much more this time around.

There is a base “Camp” with activities to grow the board. I used to think there wasn’t much to that part of the game, mostly being interested in the little challenge games. What I’ve come to find is a complex part of the game.

We were lining things up next to each other as we accomplished them, bigger trees, a pond surrounded by blooming flowers, pretty bushes in their spot. It made the board neater.

Last night I discovered that the bigger things, the trees, bushes, pond, all needed space around them to “give” whatever it is they are programmed to give. The pond gives grass, the trees give little flowers, the bushes give mushrooms. It’s quite fun.

It was an interesting observation for me though. These things must have breathing room to grow. Isn’t that part of how we are? Don’t we need breathing room, exploring room, space to feel freedom in? Wouldn’t putting people and things right next to us make us feel restricted, claustrophobic, not able to move in any direction…much less a forward direction? It was a powerful observation for me. Maybe it will be so for you?

 

Learning from baking Biscuits

Like that title? You wonder how that can be the analogy for a perspective shift? It can be and it completely is. Read on….

I do all of my baking in a little toaster oven. Recently, I wanted to make biscuits as part of supper. However, my biscuits don’t really ever come out right in that little oven. I didn’t understand why. I cook most everything else in there just fine. lol

Well, being that it’s a toaster oven, I figure it was best to turn the oven temperature down slightly so that it wouldn’t cook the biscuits too fast on the outside before cooking the inside. What resulted was that five biscuits didn’t rise and barely cooked. I left them in the oven for over 30 minutes. Yes, they finally cooked, but did not rise much.

The next batch goes in and my husband puts the temperature up slightly higher than the temperature recommended. I figure my idea didn’t work so it was definitely something to give his a go. The biscuits came out beautifully!! Just the happiest little bits of bread! lol

In that whole baking experience, I realize that some things we are pushing for in one way, may need tweaking to be aimed for in a different way. If I’ve tried many times to do something in one way…hoping for good results each time…but not really getting them…then I really do need to try a new way to do it.

The new way may fail too, but it also may make things better!!! I definitely knew the old way wasn’t working though, but I, myself, couldn’t see what a new way was. My husband presented a new way for me and it was a success!

Hmmm, this leads me to a deeper thought. While we may look at things and know they are not working, a particular situation or item of cooking, we may not, ourselves, see a solution. We may sometimes need a partner, someone to tell of our situation, and allow them to offer a new solution we haven’t, ourselves, yet thought.

I saw it in biscuits…all of this. I also see it’s what I do for people. No matter your path, no matter what your belief system, I want to be that person who gives you that perspective shift to moving forward in a happy new way so that you can, once again, delight in an area of your life, like biscuits. Cheers!!