Today I have a guest post!  My son-in-law Jon! You know him, he helped design my blog, he keeps up with my blog. He’s a computer genius! He’s also hubby to my daughter Stephie and Dad to Snookum…aka: Ellie…Elliot! Well,   Jon has a blog:

I Am Jon Smith

The other day I read one of his posts and nearly had a mental overload…if I can grasp this truth, I thought, my life would be significantly different.  I heart this post.

I loved it so much I asked him to pretty please guest post today…it’s Thanksgiving week and this is just perfect! Take a moment …

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‘Seeing with New Eyes’

My daughter is 8 months old. Her world is just starting to come alive, and it is amazing to watch her see things for the first time. When you are an infant, the most mundane thing is fascinating.

For instance, she loves to play with her shoes. Sometimes she will grab a shoe, look at it with the most curious look, smile, put it in her mouth, and play with it like it’s the greatest thing she’s ever seen. To Elliot, a shoe isn’t just a shoe.

Of course, Elliot will realize the purpose of shoes, and her shoe will become just a shoe. But watching her play whimsically with them now makes me wonder, are there things that have become just ________ in my life? Do I need to see some things with new eyes?

• Sending messages around the world in a split-second is just email.
• Searching millions of web pages with a single click is just Google.
• Access to quality healthcare, clean water, abundant food, reliable transportation, air conditioning is just living in America.
• The person bugging me all day at work is just a customer.
• That Bible verse that everyone knows is just John 3:16.
• Rockets leaving the earth, traveling hundreds of thousands of miles and back, is just the space program.
• The little things that crawl around in the yard and can lift 20 times their body weight are just ants.
• The collection of boards and dry wall and shingles that keeps us comfortable from the elements is just our house.
• The woman I come home to every night that needs my undying love and affection is just my wife.

We get settled into life and the blessings, conveniences, wonders of the world become just things.

I need to look at some things with new eyes.

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See why I love this Peeps?

If I could see the ordinary as extraordinary my life would  be full of wonder.

If I could see through childlike eyes my world would be less complicated.

I might just…

*Smile more.

*Sleep better.

*Need less.

*Give more freely.

*Overflow with gratitude.

Love to each one of you reading this, I pray that this holiday week you’ll see the details of your life with new eyes…