Seeing what’s not there

Do you ever have those moments when you read something, and you’re either in a hurry or over 50, and your eyes tell you something that your brain (who should be doing the reading in the first place) knows can’t possibly be true?

I had such a moment earlier this week when I glanced at the subject line of an email and read this sage advice:

“Achieve your goats.”

I knew within nano-seconds that what it actually said was, “Achieve your goals,” but still, there was a snippet of time – however small it was – when I actually considered changing my agenda for the day and pursuing not just one goat, but goats.

I posted the quirky little moment on Facebook, because that’s what you do these days, and enjoyed hearing comments like:

 I do that all the time. One time I was reading my Bible and I read something about Jesus and the Insurance Representatives. (It really was Jesus and the insurrectionists.)
And

Yes, I read recently in Psalms, “Lord, deliver me from my toes.” 

Amazing it, isn’t?

If you’ve a goat story, I’d love to hear it so we can all share the laugh.

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