Through a Child’s Eyes
by Margaret Daley
One of my granddaughters got me to think about how we look at things means everything. I know I should already realize that, but it was something she said to me that made me stop and really think about a person’s outlook could make all the difference in the world.
We were driving back to her house. I saw a field carpeted in purple and said, “Look at that. Isn’t that beautiful?”
“They’re weeds, Grandma Margaret,” she said.
“Some people call them weeds, but others call them wildflowers.”
“Really?”
“Yep,” I said.
Later as I mulled over what I’d said to my granddaughter, I realized how important it was to look at something in a positive light—a favorable one. We don’t like weeds, but flowers are one of the things that add beauty to our lives. What I am going to strive to do is to look at a field full of wildflowers, not one full of weeds. I think I will be better off looking at the positive, not the negative, and every time I see a wildflower I will be reminded of that.
How do you see a field (or your lawn), especially in the springtime? Is it full of weeds or wildflowers?
Margaret Daley, an award-winning author of eighty-five books, has been married for over forty years and is a firm believer in romance and love. When she isn’t traveling, she’s writing love stories, often with a suspense thread and corralling her three cats that think they rule her household. To find out more about Margaret visit her website at http://www.margaretdaley.com, Twitter and Facebook .
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