Living With Awareness

Today I 'm reminded that I continue to develop a keen awareness of my personal context within a much bigger picture. I learned that a dirty look can still go the distance, even when cast from my 5 foot 1 inch frame. I learned that it was the right decision to pass on the t-shirt printed, "I'm not short, I'm fun sized". And finally, I realized just in time that my act of ripping page after page from a magazine while waiting for my child at the hair salon caused the grey haired woman beside me to admonish through a punishing sidewise stare meant for me. Of course, why would she ever assume that I had bothered to bring a magazine from home?