Driving in the car to the airport, my husband said โHey, check out those birds on the leftโ.
I looked and saw some birds sitting on a flagpole. Frankly, I didn't think they were anything special. So, I grunted a half-hearted acknowledgement to my husband and went back to the messages on my phone.
"Did you see the birds?' my husband said, pointing to a beautiful flock of one-hundred or so pelicans flying in perfect formation. They looked amazing!
Whoops! In that instant, I realised I had switched off my curious thinking as soon as I saw what I thought I was looking for. Had my husband not pointed them out again, I would have missed something quite special.
โจ Is it possible that you have switched off your curiosity and stopped looking, because youโve assumed that your first answer is the right one?