The last two weeks at church I have completely slammed into children, knocking them to the ground. Both times I felt horrible, and utterly embarrassed. How had I become so aloof that I was continually battering children! I could have sworn those kids came out of nowhere. It finally occurred to me today that this enlarged belly of mine has completely cut off my peripheral vision to my feet. I really didn’t see them, I wasn’t just aloof. The message: