End Of My Nose

I do seem to use a lot of old lines from movies, but it has worked for me in the past. I just figured - why stop now? This time I'm taking a page from Mary Poppins when I say that I've figured out that I can't see past the end of my nose. You see, we all tend to supplement that which is missing into our daily lives. When I think about the past week, which started when I went on a shopping expedition to buy a lot of toys and games for one of my volunteer projects, I finally realized what was missing.

I didn't think too much about it when one of the clerks asked me how many children I had. I said that I didn't have any children and left the store. Later in the week, I returned to another volunteer project playing games with kids at the children's shelter. I've been busy working with mentoring programs, and I just finished up at reception for a program that involves placement of interns. Was this an unusual week? Not really. I'm involved with mentoring programs and helping with children's programs all the time. That's when it hit me. I'm a corporate management type, and I spend the greater portion of my free time and extra funds on the kids and other related programs.

It's not like I'm planning on a major career or family change any time soon. Sometimes it takes someone to actually tell you what's missing for you to come to the realization that it's true. So even though there aren't any immediate plans, I'm no longer going to rule out changes to career or family. Vision really needs to extend beyond one's nose from time to time. See ya.