It's not what you look at that matters...
An excerpt from Stress is a Choice by David Zerfoss

Rule #1: Many of us seem to have an endless to-do list, but does all that rushing around stop us from seeing the big picture?

Mary kept up a constant and hectic schedule of work travel. It kept her metabolism and adrenaline high. Add this to the fact that she was keeping up with two very active, triple sports-playing teenage sons, which meant there was not much time to think about simplifying.

Besides...she was very content. She was busy being busy.

During one business trip out west, she traveled with one of her company's sales representatives. His name was Bob and he was quite up in years. Mary often wondered why Bob continued to work at such a late age in life and chose to keep such a sizable, multi-state territory.

This particular trip they were traveling an especially long car route visiting customers throughout New Mexico and then on to Colorado. After driving several hours through the dry and rocky terrain without even a single traffic light in sight for miles, Bob looked over to her and said, "Are you overwhelmed by the vastness of the landscape and wondering when it will ever end?" "Yes." she replied. "How did you know what I was thinking?" Bob explained, everyone who traveled with him felt the very same thing. Then, Bob went on to share a profound rule with Mary about simplifying.






Bob explained to her that we all can choose to easily get lost in and feel overwhelmed by our surroundings.

"Do you see that little tree sprouting up there among all those large rock formations?" Bob asked. Mary strained her eyes but could not find what he was seeing. As they got closer, Bob pointed out the small sprouting tree he had seen when it was far off in the distance.

Bob shared with Mary that he handles these long drives by looking for the little things among the overwhelming, complex landscape. He doesn't focus on just seeing what is all around him, but rather chooses to look for what he might just be missing.

SO WHAT IS YOUR SPROUT THAT U R MISSING?

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