A Telemarketer Was Right in Front of Me Today

Thank God for Caller ID. I could see immediately that the call was coming from a telemarketer. As I let the call go straight to the answering machine (yes, I am a Luddite on Line 1 with the machine. Our Line 2 has voice mail. Go figure!), Jacob asked me who was calling. I told him that it was someone trying to sell us something. His reply: "Don't they know that we already have everything we need to be happy?"

Wow - and you bet I will remind him of that statement the next time he is licking the Lego boxes at Toys R Us!

What do you already have right in front of you that's making you happy right now?

Deborah
deb@rightinfrontofyou.com
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A Sleep-Deprived Kid Was in Front of Me Today

This morning at breakfast, my 8 year old son Jacob sat in his chair with his sweatshirt hood over his head, trying to keep out the noise and light that boldly announced: MORNING! It's the second day of school and the first day of school had caught up with him in a big way. Here's what it looked like: http://img34.yfrog.com/i/soyt.jpg/ .

One he was off to school, I walked into my office and saw PILES where, two weeks ago, I had nice, shiny, surfaces. What did I do? Just ignored them -- and then contributed to them with more stuff. If I had had a sweatshirt hood, I would have pulled it over my head, too, to avoid the announcement: YOU HAVE LET YOUR ORGANIZATION SYSTEM GO!

When you "pull the hood over your eyes" today, what are you trying NOT to see?

Let me know!

Deborah
deb@rightinfrontofyou.com
www.rightinfrontofyou.com