| A few days ago I was with my brother and an | | | | seeing. Looking is having your eyes fixed on an |
| incident occurred. He said to me, "You must start | | | | object. Seeing could be described as noticing |
| seeing and stop looking," while pointing to the | | | | every detail about that object, both surface and |
| center of his forehead. My immediate response | | | | implied. |
| was, "whatever." However, I could not get that | | | | Seeing involves using your sixth sense or intuition; |
| thought out of my head. So I started going over | | | | some people say your third eye. Whatever term |
| my life to check whether I am going through life | | | | you use, it means going beyond your immediate |
| looking or seeing. I found out that I needed to | | | | observation or lack thereof. It means paying |
| spend more time seeing. I figure, not many | | | | more attention to everything and every situation. |
| people pay attention to this tiny detail that makes | | | | I am sure you have heard the saying, "read |
| all the difference in the world. So I decided to | | | | between the lines." Well, that is the essence of |
| write this article with the intention of expanding | | | | what I am talking about. |
| your awareness to this issue. You don't have to | | | | How many times have we let an opportunity pass |
| agree with me. This is just food for thought that | | | | us by because we failed to see it in front of us? |
| may help you to enrich your life. | | | | The answer is too many to count. We miss the |
| On the surface, it seems as if both words, seeing | | | | trees because of the forest or vice versa. We |
| and looking, mean the same thing. Some people | | | | love to say, "20-20 hindsight is great." Guess |
| may argue that looking at something means that | | | | what, we are built with the ability to see during |
| you are seeing it. In a sense they are correct. On | | | | the fact if only we take the time to do so. That |
| the other hand, that may not be true. Think | | | | means using our intuition more and being in |
| about it. How many times have you searched for | | | | expanded awareness as second nature. |
| something and not find it when you are looking | | | | So, take time out to develop your inner knowing |
| right at it. | | | | and begin to see things below the surface. The |
| It is said, and I believe, that the eyes are the | | | | more you practice doing so, the better you will be |
| windows to the soul. I heard a lady yesterday | | | | at utilizing your skill. Remember you were born |
| saying that she can tell by someone's eyes that | | | | with it, use it or lose it. As time goes by you will |
| they are a walking dead because the eyes look | | | | notice that it becomes as natural as breathing and |
| empty. The eyes are not showing any light. One | | | | your life becomes more enriching. |
| could debate that that person is looking and not | | | | |