In Need of Inspiration Or Help, My Whipped Cream is Melting!

{by Hailey Sadler}

"I'm doing well, thank you," I answer, and proceed into my little spiel about the courses and classes and the other activities I'm doing. But secretly I'm thinking about the whipped cream which is melting in my snickers latte. Melting. I don't like it melted. 

Or it's when the lady at the checkout counter wants to engage in conversation [mainly along the line of "are you sisters?" and "oh, your poor dad..."]. I smile and repeat my usual responses, while my mind has wandered onto the next thing; I'm eager to grab my bag and be out the door. Then sometimes it hits me. Whoa, girl, you have seriously lost sight of the bigger picture. Let the whipped cream melt and invest in the conversation. Let the bag wait and engage for a moment. 

On those days, I desperately need something to remind me of the bigger picture. Of what is true. Of what I am here for. 

[Hint: it is not to drink the perfect latte. I don't think.]

So in case you're there, or to make you pause and think before you get there, here is a little truth for today. Because sometimes things that are so true can be put into just a few words or expressed in a picture. Here are a few words turned pure, random inspiration...