Keeping It In Perspective...Podcast Information

I am going to talk about The Little Black Dot on my Podcast today. When I Grow up needs may attention so blogging becomes secondary. However sometimes seeing things in print help a lot. The story and thoughts today will be related to how big and wonderful life is when we don't focus on the Little Black Dot and let ourselves look at the whole piece of paper. I hope you like my voice and my stories!

In an inspirational blog post put up back in 2012 the black dot appeared in a story told by "Steven" on a website called Motivation.  In the story, a group needing to see a bigger future for their community was inspired by a simple black dot in the middle of a blank piece of paper.

During her presentation, the speaker took a large piece of white paper and made a small black dot at the center with a marking pen. Then she held the paper up before the group and asked them what they saw.

One person quickly replied, “I see a black dot.”

“Okay, what else do you see?”

Others joined in agreement: “A black dot.”

“Don’t you see anything besides the dot?” – she asked.

A resounding “No” came from the audience.

“What about the sheet of paper?” – asked the speaker. “I am sure you have all seen it”, she said, “But you have chosen to overlook it.”

“In life, we also tend to overlook and take for granted many wonderful things that we have or happen around us and focus our attention and energy on [the] small dot...."

Have a wonderful day!

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