One of the things I remember being taught in my childhood is the art of looking up. We would lay with our backs on green grass to see the sky. On our summer trips, I often sat in Mom’s lap (before the mandated seatbelt laws), and she would help me find the different shapes in the clouds. She constantly reminded us to lift our heads and watch where we were going. She believed looking down could cause a person to miss the good things that came their way. Looking up is an art that is learned, just as looking down has been learned.
With the new age of technology, we are losing this skill of looking up. Everywhere you turn, people walk with their eyes cast down into these little screens called smartphones. You can often see someone stumble, bump into an object or walk in front of a car because they are looking downward and not paying attention.