Blinded by Your Expectation - Melanie B Newman

Are there truths you are unable to discover because you are blinded by your expectation?

Are habitual patterns of thinking holding you back from truer insights?

Does what you are expecting to see cloud your ability to recognize greater truth?

My eyes were opened to this possibility in a humorous and unusual way.

A few months ago, I needed to drive the car my daughter uses.

As I got in, I was shocked at the condition of the steering wheel!

In her defense, this car was old and had been used by older siblings for many years.

The cleanliness inside of the car was not bad, but the steering wheel was grimy and disgusting.

I was not happy as I was thinking of all the things I was going to say to my daughter.

-Driving is a privilege, not a right.

-She should show appreciation for that privilege by keeping the car clean.

-She’d be riding the bus to school (not cool for a high school senior), until she scrubbed the interior.

Later I was able to calmly approach her about the condition of the car.

She was confused. She knew it needed to be dusted but didn’t seem to think the car was dirty.

When she returned from cleaning the interior of the car, she exclaimed,

“I had no idea it was that bad! I thought the black on the steering wheel was because it was worn away? That was gross!”

Even though she had been holding onto that gunky steering wheel, she had not recognized the grime.

The car was old and she saw what she expected to see, a worn down steering wheel.

Are there truths we are unable to see because we are holding tight to what we expect to see?

Such as

Is the steering wheel you are driving with really worn down or is it covered in mistaken ideas that need a deep cleaning?

Don’t allow yourself to be blinded by expecting things to be the way they’ve always been. It can keep us from discovering hidden truth.

Much love,