If you are on a hike, where is your focus? If you are like many people, myself included, it is on where you are placing your feet. Because it is the best way to not fall on your face. And that is a fair thing to want. To NOT fall on your face. (Hey I live in the desert, falling while hiking could very well include landing on a cactus.) 

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But if we only look at our feet, what are we missing? Do we get done and miss all the beautiful scenery? I hope not. Metaphorically and literally. Please don’t miss out on all that life has to offer. Be brave and look up from time to time. Even if that means you need to stop moving. Look up and see the wonderful things around you. Look up and see where you are needed and look up to find life. 

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We get so caught up sometimes in just putting one foot in front of the other that we lose sight of the bigger goal. To actually live and not just survive. Looking up helps us live. Pause and look. Look and find life. 

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