6 Jan 26 - One Step Forward

One Step Forward

Standing at the back of this cargo train, I noticed something.

From where I stood inside, the view was limited. I saw tracks. Pebbles and stones. Some electrical poles cutting across the frame. The door itself blocked most of what was beyond. Not much to see, really.

So I took one step forward. A little more came into view.

Another step. More landscape appeared.

Then I stood right at the doorway. And suddenly - the sky opened up. Wide and vast. I could see birds gliding. Feel the breeze on my face. Notice the green hills rolling in the distance. Trees. Light. Space.

Everything was always there. I just couldn't see it from where I was standing.

This is what non-judgment does - it moves us to the doorway.

When we stay back, wrapped in our judgments - "this isn't good enough," "I already know what this is," "there's nothing here for me" - we see only what fits through our narrow frame. We miss the fullness of what's actually present.

Photo Credit to Mr Kay Liew (Taiwan, 2026)

But when we practice non-judgment, when we let go of our quick conclusions and limiting stories, we take a step forward. Then another. We start to see more. Not because anything changed out there, but because we changed where we stood and how we looked.

The landscape doesn't change. Our perspective does.

Those hills were there when I stood at the back. The sky was just as vast. The breeze was already blowing. But I couldn't experience any of it until I moved forward and opened my view.

How often do we judge situations, people, or experiences from the back of the train? From a limited angle, with our view blocked by the frame of our own expectations and assumptions?

What might we discover if we took just one step forward? Let go of one judgment. Looked with fresh eyes. Stood at the doorway of possibility instead of staying in the safety of our conclusions?

The world is bigger than what we can see from where we're standing. But we have to be willing to move. To step forward. To look without deciding in advance what we'll find.

Sometimes all it takes is one step. Then another. Until we're standing at the door, feeling the breeze, seeing the vastness that was there all along.

My Small Shifts:

• The landscape doesn't change - my perspective does. When I let go of judgment, I see what was always there.

• One step forward opens more than I expect. Small movements create big shifts in what becomes visible.

• Standing at the doorway means choosing curiosity over conclusions. What I assume limits what I can discover.

What judgment are you ready to step away from today?

#Mindfulness #NonJudgment #Perspective #OpenMind #OneStep #SeeingClearly #LetGo

🌷Humbly, from Linda's desk Tulip Meadows 🌷

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