I lost my phone yesterday. It’s Black with a Brushed Black Otter Box Case and Can Hide in Plain Sight as it did for close to 40 Minutes!
Obviously I had searched the 'obvious' places. I Retraced My Steps over and again, Each Time Looking Deeper, Slower, Closer than in the Previous Cycle.
I turned over pillows, blankets, mattresses, looked under the bed, couch, car and behind the fridge.
Then I began searching places I know I did not go.
I didn’t go to the basement or the girls rooms with my phone, but I Looked there
I didn’t take it into the bathroom with me (this time). But...
I haven’t been in the backyard since winter, but there I was. I NEEDED My Phone. I couldn’t leave home without it.
Suddenly I Stopped Everything. Nothing Else Mattered. Time was Ticking Away. An Important Appointment was Encroaching. ______________!!!
I enlisted the help of my family. All Hands on Deck! Turn Off the TV, Music, Dehumidifier! Call The Darn Thing! - The Ringer is Silent, but just maybe, we could hear the vibration humming....
My seventeen year old was appalled that the evasive apparatus was in the Very First Place I had repeatedly looked. It had magically appeared - Or Did It?!
The entire ordeal taught me Four Lessons about Seeking & Creating Opportunities as EntreMusicians.
1) Opportunities Abound and Many are In Plain Sight; At the Gym, The Grocery Store, Our Churches, Schools or Rotary Clubs but we do not engage in intense, aggressive seeking until We are Desperate. We may casually set an Opportunity to the side and/or Overlook It, especially if we don't feel it will garner a Big Enough WIN - and just maybe That Opportunity was designed to Set Up The Win!
2) Ofttimes we venture far beyond our Sphere of Influence to Build before Solidifying Our Homebase and turning over Every Piece of Furniture in Our Own Domain to Create a Far More Substantial Connection than we would miles away.
3) We Don't Ask For Help Until We Are In Trouble, Believing Ourselves Capable of Finding Everything We Need. Another Pair of Eyes & Ears Go A Long Way!
4) Intense Focus on the Goal while Ignoring EVERYTHING Else is the Sole Determining Factor. When All Distractions are Eliminated, You Immediately Position Yourself into the Crosshairs of Your Desired Goal or Destination. It's as if The Thing has Found You. It Was There All The Time.
Seeking Must Become a Habit for the EntreMusician. Living Out Our Lives with a Purpose Filled Thought Process that THIS May Be The Moment we were searching for all along.
Jesus said in Matthew 7:8 " For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."
That's Quite A Promise!
Go For It!
I Was Listening to Steve Khan's "Casa Loco" on Vinyl while composing this Blog.