Black nose and curiosity

When we look at people and observe we do learn... 
When we are involved in interactions we only look at responding.
Do I sound too JK?
When I reacted to situations (I still do but I am trying not to real hard and if you know me you know the herculean effort that takes from me!) I realised I was too invested in the situation and interaction that I didn't read the dynamic with people and the situation play.... 
Now the last few days I see, 
The power play involved...  Which I used to be so oblivious to... 
Now it just entertains me no end. 
By stepping back and just watching I also get soooooo much time in hand and a lot more space in my mind to do what I love... 
Like, a few days back drama unfolded while I sat and watched like a fly on the wall..  Though I still trigger insecurities for a few working Indian housewife  women mentality people I work with I am occasionally considered a non threat in rare few times. I was able to start my work on a few papers that have long been pending....  Been approached to write a book,  been asked to take a few classes as guest lecture in decent institutes outside,  touch wood at least half of these opportunities materialise, the greater power willing. 
But,  I digress,  these opportunities would have come and I would have passed up on it if I was the reactive self.  Now,  maybe I haven't changed all that much but I still have the time to consider taking up these paths that have been offered to venture out. 
Maybe I will find a road that has been travelled before but looks unused. 
Maybe these paths will lead me to Vietnam or Japan. 
Maybe these roads may end up caging me to this local market. 
They are still roads untraveled by me. 
The stories that I have yet to read. 
The books that I have not yet considered reading. 
Maybe my Lil one with her hazel eyes and black nose can trot happily by my side and teach me to explore the way she curiously  does on the roads that she goes every single day like she's never been in the same place before. Like every step is new,  every trip an adventure though it is well beaten to death.