Too Big or Too Small?

Seeds IX, 36

Seed: Too Big or Too Small?

Life is really all about perspective. I mean it, really. Brian Judd writing in Beyond the Bookstore says, “Some people looked at Goliath and thought he was too big to hit. David looked at him and thought he was too big to miss.”

Perspective is dear to my heart because I spent many years seeing physically without it. I’ve had four eye surgeries, and usually, depth perception was the last thing to return to my experience after surgery, hence my inordinate fondness for depth.

Depth is often what I bring to my clients. I am able to pull away from the emotional closeness that someone is experiencing and bring perspective to the situation. It’s often all that’s required for an end-of-the-earth situation to become a blessing-in-disguise situation.

Next time you face off Goliath, give yourself the gift of perspective, and if you can’t (if he’s too big to hit), get some help (turn him into too big to miss.)

Be serene,

Dr. Susan Corso

Seeds are remarkable gifts. Sown in consciousness, they bring you to the most important part of your being—your Divine Spark.

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Details, Details

In the past week, I’ve read two quotes about the details.

The first one is credited to various sources: architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and author Gustave Flaubert, amongst others

God is in the details.

The second is credited mostly to that noted author Anonymous, but also German pop star Blixa Bargeld.

The devil is in the details.

Which is it?

I have to answer yes to both.

This is one of those luscious paradoxes which arises in a world of constant polarity. Of course God is in the details. Someone planned orangutans! Duck-billed platypi! Octopi! Not to mention babies, the human genome and Rodgers & Hammerstein.

What about the devil and the details? Well, the maxim actually means that if there is going to be a problem with a project, it will be the details that are problematic. Could be.

Here’s the message of these two statements:

Sometimes it’s best to take the larger view of things. Other times it’s best to take the detailed view of things. The quest is to determine which time requires what attention. That’s known as the gift of discernment, and we’re all learning this skill all the time.

Spiritual Pith

I use much of my time for prayer, and I look for short pithy statements that remind me of who I am and who others are. This one came to me as I woke up one morning.

Remember those licorice candies called Good & Plenty? There was a jingle that went with a television and/or radio ad for them. Something about Choo-choo Charlie. The words ‘good and plenty’ were used to underscore the ad in a train wheel rhythm.

What an affirmation.

How’s your life?

Good & Plenty.

See what I mean? Pith.