However, one of the fun things included in our schedule was a stop at a functioning gold mine and the chance to pan for gold. Having never done that before my wife and I like many others were pretty shaky in our technique.
I found myself swirling these little stones, sand and water around being fearful that I was going to lose the flecks of gold in the process. However our instructors reminded us that gold is the heaviest thing in the pan and it will stay in the pan as it settles to the bottom. Sure enough after a good number of minutes we were left with just the gold. I still have those flecks of it in a drawer at home.
So often in life challenges or relationships we too can spend a lot of time on things that don't matter that much and miss the gold. It's right there in the pan but we get all caught up with the other stuff. What might gold look like? Here are a couple of suggestions.
Gold might be the good things that come out of our challenges. You may be going through an especially rough period right now. And when those times come we can start feeling sorry for ourselves or stay focused only on the hard parts. Sometimes we need to see the little gold nuggets of good that are coming out of our climb and be thankful for those.
Gold might be the little positive things a child or spouse does even when we're not getting along or doing well. Go find some gold in that person today and you might look at them differently and handle the resolution of the conflict more positively.
Gold might be an opportunity to help someone else today rather than just focus on your own stuff.
God could be stopping and noticing the miracle of life, a sunrise or a mountain view that takes your breath away.
Get the idea? As they used to say, "There's gold in them thar hills," look for bits of gold in your world. You'll be richer for it.
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