A Noticer

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 It's been way too long since my very first post. I've been working a lot and it's okay. I love being back out there in the working world. BUT boy does it take up lots of your time and then there is my little sidekick that doesn't understand, so when I come home, most all she want is my attention. Anyway, enough excuses. I've been thinking a lot about how I mentioned being a Noticer. Actually it's more that I want to be a better noticer. And what is a noticer you ask. I read the book THE NOTICER by Andy Andrews and was introduced to the concept of being a noticer. It's the skill of being able to notice things about people that other people overlook. Usually it's situations that people are in and they just need a new perspective. With a new perspective - a broader view - it allows people to regroup, take a breath, and begin again. I'm not as I want to be with that kind of noticing but I am good at noticing things that are wrong. Misspelled stuff, details, and I most always notice the elephant in the room, or the big pink elephant with big black glasses....

that I drive by every day on my way to work. (See below) Now who could miss that? But noticing the hurting people out there, I think that's important. I know there is this fella that works at the local McDonald's. I don't stop in often but once when I visited, he works the drive thru and takes your $, I spoke to him for a minute. Then the next time I told him he was my favorite $ taker and that I enjoy hearing his voice when I place my order.  All of a sudden he told me it had been a bad morning and he really needed to hear those words of encouragement. So my comment and his response helped me notice that he could sure use more encouragement, so every time I catch him I have a positive word for him. 

Of course I also know that after noticing hurting people sometimes it's not our words, or what we do that might impact them, but it might just be more of who WE are that impacts them. In my own life I may not remember specific words that others have shared with me, that noticed my hurts, but how they acted around me, as I knew they noticed my hurt and just loved me as I walked my journey of hurt. That's important too. 

I guess what I'm trying to say is I want to be a better noticer and make a positive impact on hurting people, even if it's just a one-time encounter or a long-time relationship. And I want to always be ready to offer a different perspective for them to consider and of course offer hope. I'm sure it will involve sharing a bit of my faith as well. 

Bottom line is I want to be a better noticer of hurting people and understand better their behavior, because that hurt, any hurt, definitely affects one's behavior. Wish it was as easy to notice hurting people as it is to notice that big pink elephant with those big black glasses standing so close to the road. 




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