The View from Seven Feet

When most people see a ceiling fan, they get a nice cool breeze.  When a 7 footer doesn’t see the ceiling fan, he gets an unintentional haircut!

I almost got clipped the other day at my friend Jerome’s house.  We were having a good time, enjoying his daughter’s birthday party.  And for a brief second, I lost sight of the hazard.  I was distracted and talking and nearly walked right into my new barber (ceiling fan).

While I certainly don’t advocate walking through life in fear or in constant trepidation of upcoming hazards, there is something to be said for paying attention to your surroundings.  It is often what you don’t know or see that can hurt you.

During my days as a professional counselor, and now as a pastor, I have seen my fair share of relationships that have gone astray.  I have seen men and women unintentionally forfeit their destinies in God.  And most of the time, it is not the big stuff that ruined them.  It is usually them becoming a little too comfortable and gradually losing focus.  As they take life for granted or others for granted, they bump into a hazard and they don’t know how to fix their new “bad haircut”.

As you press through life, keep your eyes on the prize.  But at least be aware that there are a few low flying ceiling fans out there.