by Dorothy Johnson
Do you remember the first time you picked up a roly-poly and watched it turn into a shiny black ball? Caught a lizard in your hands? Or discovered a fledging’s in a nest on your very own. Sipped honeysuckle nectar the first time? Or learned there was such a thing as a four-leaf clover and if you were diligent and patient enough you, too, could press one between the pages of a book?
Do your remember when you first laid eyes on the ocean? Gazed across the Grand Canyon? Discovered that the headwaters of the Arkansas River was just a laughing stream?
With Each Discovery, Your World Expanded, Didn’t It?
What about when you found out you were good at something? Did you discover a new level of confidence that wasn’t there before?
Even mundane discoveries expand our horizons. Try it you’ll like can be true— even icky-looking food can taste good. So you added an item to your chicken tenders, fish sticks, French fries and plain spaghetti menu. That sauce tasted pretty good after all.
What about discovering that bees died when they stung you? It made you sad—even though your foot hurt like crazy? We didn’t like learning that beloved kitties run away and dogs aren’t designed to live as long as humans—and never quit wishing it were different.
You Grew Up a Little with Each Discovery, Didn’t You?
I bet you’ve found out there’s something you loved so much that you’d rather be busy doing it than anything else. Maybe it’s even changed the direction of your life.
You may have learned that the people you thought you loved most can hurt you most.
But there really are more fish in the sea, and some are really quite nice.
Second chances can be sweeter than the firsts because you understand what a gifts they are.
I remember the comfort of discovering a great truth: There’s much more to this life than what’s visible.
We need one another because we’re so much better together.
We Are Never Too Old to Learn
Even as a grandmother, I’m still discovering things. Some, Here are just a few.
Spot treating your cloth napkins with Dawn Dishwashing Liquid will get out the grease spots. Thank you, Daughter, Dear.
Oxy-Clean Prewash Gel will get anything out of clothes. Applause to CH.
(That’s important to folks like me who seem to dribble cheese dip and such on the fronts of our shirts.)
Apple Mac Airs make blogging life much easier. Love to TTB.
You should hang around your children, grandchildren, and younger friends—or elders if you’re still fresh and young. They’re savvy about lots of things.
No matter your age, you are never too old to try something new. (Unless it will break your bones. Please use good judgment.)
All these discoveries shape our live, and if we allow them, make us better people.
May New Discoveries Never Cease!
Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.” Rev. 21:5 NKJV
Oh, and one last thing: Thank you, ARWB Friends.
So glad I discovered you through a younger friend, TTB.
Dorothy Johnson and her husband, Terry, live with their three kitties on a ridge overlooking the Arkansas River in Little Rock, Arkansas. She’s the mother of three, grandmother of eight. and a retiree with a background in publishing. Dorothy’s passion is to help women understand their value in Christ Jesus. She has taught Bible studies and contributes devotionals and poetry to Alive Now, an Upper Room publication, and FaithHappenings.com. Her stories also appear in several anthologies. She is currently finishing her first novel. Dorothy finds spiritual lessons in the most ordinary happenings of life and shares her thoughts and faith at Reflections from Dorothy’s Ridge http://www.