"Who's perspective do you look at life from?"

A friend recently told me about a mother, her three-year old daughter, and mother-in-law who took off on a road trip together. They took this trip some years ago, before the law required car seats.

As mothers-in-law can be, this one was an expert in child-rearing. She saw this trip as an opportunity to discipline her granddaughter in ways she obviously needed, since her daughter-in-law wasn’t doing a very good job.

Well, most three-year-olds will fidget during a road trip, no matter how many books you read to them or toys they have and this one was no exception. The mother-in-law kept saying to the little tike, “Stop fidgeting.” And she said it so many times that the little girl finally looked at her and said, “Well all I can see is the tops of the trees.” With no booster seat, the poor thing could only look up out of the car window.

When you’re tempted to straighten out someone else, look at life from that person’s perspective. Then listen to life today for what God has to say and make a life, not just a living.

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