Snake in the Grass

There are pictures of hidden objects. They are mostly for kids to see if they can find what ever and however many items there are in the picture. I've also seen photographs where there may be an actual cat or someone in camouflage that you are supposed to find. Many are quite clever and some demand a very good eye to locate. (I know there's a snake in there somewhere...)

As we move through life there are many hidden objects. In some cases, being too close to the picture hinders our seeing the whole layout as can being too far away. There is a technique for clueing an audience or reader into a scene by sharing information to the audience which the book or movie characters do not have thus adding interest to the story.

Here is today's post from Seth Godin. This made me think, and I believe it has some worthwhile benefits.

"It doesn’t matter what the questions are, really. They’re a prompt.When you’re in a job interview, a podcast interview, a sales call, a meeting… if we take the approach that this is a test and there’s a right answer, we’re not actually engaging and moving things forward. Instead, considering using the question as a chance to see more deeply in what this interaction is for, where are you hoping to go? Focus on status roles, the creation and resolution of tension, and most of all, changing minds.If you’re not working to change minds, why are you here again?" From Seth Godin today-https://seths.blog/2018/08/ignore-the-questions/

Some interesting thoughts. We can over-think the questions, and sometimes we can under-think the questions. Sometimes there isn't a right or wrong answer, just a good or bad answer. It brings to my mind's eye the person starting a campfire with kindling, a magnifying glass, and the hot sun.

If the questions help us focus and find the hidden object in the picture—or in our life, whether it changes the mind or not, it should move you along in the right direction and provide clarity.

John 9:2 "And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man, or his parents, that he should be born blind? 3) Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. 4) We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. 5) When I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 6) When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and anointed his eyes with the clay, 7) and said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is by interpretation, Sent). He went away therefore, and washed, and came seeing.