Tonight I stumbled across Paulo Coelho’s blog and found his e-cards and thought to myself… now this is something to write on
People see the world
The last few weeks have been challenging for me to say in one place within myself.. So many amazing things are going on it’s hard to keep up and stay grounded. I found myself a few times telling myself to “SLOW DOWN”… Making mental note of my physical well being and mental stamina.
Stillness and balance is something I practice normally on a daily basis but life somehow over the last little while has gotten a hold of me instead of vice versa.
In North America we live in a place that is go, go, go. Especially A type personalities like me. As some framework for people who have never met me, my personality suits a little more like a Torontonian than a Vancouverite.
I was reminded of this last weekend. A friend and I were walking around in downtown Vancouver around my office on a beautiful Saturday afternoon and when he pointed up to a building and said, “Hey, what’s that sign all about?” He was pointing at a BIG sign on a side of a building two blocks from my office. I’ve walk by it about 2 times a week for over a year… “Dunno”, I said, “strange I’ve never seen it before.” By looking at the old red and blue sign I could tell it had been there for some time but in my busy self had never seen it.
“It’s amazing what we miss when we are caught in thinking what’s next rather than being present to our surroundings isn’t it?”, he said (with a smirk on his face)
Normally I’m the one talking about paying attention to your surroundings, breath, focus, observe… I’m always saying how many people just aren’t present to their surroundings and here I am completely caught up and taking my own medicine.
I’ve been seeing the world a little unclearly as of late. Focused on the go, go, go and not the present moment. And as a result I’m not paying attention to everyone and everything that I need to. I’ve been wondering why people seem so rushed all the time… when actually.. it has been me. Go figure
We see the world through our own eyes… Tomorrow, I start the day with new eyes: Not to achieve but to be present.
How are you going to choose to see the world?
