One second, I was innocently trimming the cherry tree on my front walk. The next, I was running across my front yard, yelling and swatting like a maniac.
Hornets. The angry, malicious, bald-faced kind.
And they got me. Just a few, but still.
It was a big nest. The size of a basketball. How could I have not seen it? Obviously, this thing had been growing over the whole summer. There must have been hornets in and out for a couple months.
How could I be so blind?
In work, leadership, and life, danger doesn’t always announce itself, or it disguises itself, or even hides in plain sight. You don’t see it till you get stung.
But also, maybe that’s OK. Maybe getting stung was the best path. At least at this time. It helps you course correct. It helps you change your focus. It helps you find a better path. It helps you learn to spot signs earlier.
Sometimes the only way to know the danger is real is to kick it and see what happens.
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