Just Look

I have a grandson who is unbelievably curious.

He has an incredible gift.

He finds critters.

It is remarkable. As the rest of humanity goes about their mundane tasks, Zeke finds salamanders, snails, lizards and beetles.

He will flush a turtle out of an underground home that no one knew was there.

No one knew, but Zeke.

I have marveled at the innate ability he has. Then I realized, Zeke found, because Zeke looked.

Zeke knows of the mysterious creatures abounding in nature, so he, with childlike faith seeks them, and finds them.

It has started an inward journey in my heart that began with the question, “What am I seeking?”

Zeke’s wisdom, the wisdom of a child, spurs me on with the excited exclamation,

“Just look!”

As with the physical things, my observant grandson finds, I desire to find God.

As the rest of humanity goes through their mundane tasks, I want to find the narrow path through Life’s many uncertainties.

I believe I will.

I, like Zeke, will find, because I will look.

I will just LOOK.

Author: Jana Horton

I write to soothe my soul. I empty my words onto napkins, scraps of paper, receipts... anything really. When I was very young my mom told me to stop writing on my hand. I never did. I write on it to this day. I’ve lost so many scraps of Self on soggy napkins; I’ve yet to lose my hand. The words I scribble there may wash off, but since they are inscribed in my soul, once they are released, from heart to hand, I am allowed to let them go.

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