Fresh Eyes...
What we are learning from Lucy
If you follow me on Instagram or are my Facebook friend, you know by now that Malcolm (my 15 year old cat) and I have a new roommate. Her name is Lucy and she is a 3 month old kitten.
She’s cute.
She’s precocious.
She’s sleepy.
She’s hilarious.
And she misses NOTHING!
The smallest jingle from one of her toys, and she pounces. If I go into my office and start to work, she comes running to join me. In the middle of the night…from a dead sleep…if Malcolm walks through the house she sits up straight to listen and likely will go see what he’s doing.
Most of the time Malcolm and I just watch her as entertainment. But I’ve noticed a funny thing…her antics are making the old man curious about things he’s missed or forgotten.
She’ll be playing with a toy or finding a path to sit on a shelf or in a window and Mal watches her. When she’s done he will saunter over and start playing with the toy or climbing into the window. He has had that toy and view long enough to stop seeing them as fun…until Lucy!
I also see things through her eyes now and am much more aware of how the belt on my robe, the string on a tea bag or the sleeve of my shirt is suddenly so enticing.
What I’m learning from watching Lucy is that all of us need fresh eyes sometimes. Fresh eyes. A difference vantage point from which to view the seemingly mundane.
By finding these new perspectives, we can be reminded of the beautiful life we already have or consider a change. When we see the world with different light or clear eyes, we can really decide which risks are worth taking and what we’d like to leave behind in order to do something new.
Meanwhile, Lucy (the tiny furry teacher) is going to see about climbing the drapes. She just needs to wait until she’s sure no one is watching…which is almost never!
XO,
Leah