Am I plucking blackberries?

In my come follow me study, I read a quote from Elizabeth Barrett Browning, "Earth's crammed with heaven. And every common bush afire with God; But only he who sees, takes off his shoes.  The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries."   I really pondered that and thought how many times is God trying to reach me, teach me, comfort me or just have me see him in my daily life, but I am busy with the routine and caught up in the "thick of thin things" to notice.  I want to see the common afire with God.  I want my eyes to be open and really see. 

I find that with all of the contention and division going on in our world, I want to just bury my head in the sand and pretend it is not happening.  I need to feel the peace and joy that Christ can bring to my life.  I know that when I see His hand and look for Him, I will find Him and that can restore peace and light when it feels a bit dark.