While attending my monthly gardening club meeting, the nursery owner was telling a story about his visit to Amsterdam. He said was trying to find an English speaking TV station while in his room and ventured upon a Turkish station. It was reporting the results of an investigation of a plane that had crashed while landing.
Everything seemed to be going fine; the pilots were going through their check list and making sure they had covered everything. At the last minute they decided to "look out the window" and they were startled to find they were flying way too low. They tried to pull the plane up, but it was too late; they crashed and died upon impact.
He related that story to his plants. He feeds and waters and does everything on schedule (the checklist) but to insure that they remain healthy and saleable, he needs to look at the weather and temperature, the exposure, bug and virus infestations....he needs to daily "look out the window" to ensure other factors (not on the checklist) are also being addressed.
I think this is true for all of us -- we need to start looking around us to find out what really is going on -- in our workplaces and in our nation. Can we trust everything that we are being told? Do we get conflicting messages and mixed signals? Our guts usually have a reaction to things even before we become conscience of them -- we need to learn to pay attention to those gut feelings; they are there for a reason. They are the "Danger Will Robinson" moments!
So start "looking out the window". You may be amazed at all you see -- some good and some bad...but you will become more aware and awareness can lead to you make more informed decisions for yourself -- never a bad thing. I highly recommend it!
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