Your brain Is missing the good stuff

Change is a sneaky thing, isn't it?

A week ago it was stick city around here in Western North Carolina. Bare trees everywhere.

Now there are buds! Within one week... white buds, purple buds, and yellow buds!

Every spring I'm mesmerized at how fast nature transforms. One week it looks like nothing is happening and the next week there are signs of life and color everywhere.

But of course the trees did not start changing this week. They have been shifting all along. We just couldn't see the buds yet.

It makes me wonder what might already be budding in your life that you can't quite see the full effect of yet.

Our brains have a tendency we have to watch out for... If we can't see the final result, they like to tell us nothing is happening.

The whole house isn't totally organized, so it ignores the garage you tackled and the drawers that you have already cleared.

Or you want to eat healthier and your brain aggressively points out every piece of chocolate you enjoy and forgets to give you kudos for all the veggies you've been adding to your plate.

It is very good at focusing on what is missing. Not so good at noticing what changes have taken root and are moving us forward.

But noticing matters.

When we notice the buds, we nurture them, and somewhere in that noticing, we find we can actually enjoy where we are right now, not just where we're headed.

This is your invitation to look for the buds. The small shifts, the quiet progress, the things that are already changing even if the full bloom isn't here yet.

Notice them. Name them. Let them count.

Rooting for you, one bud at a time,

Missy

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