Most of us rush around doing lots of things to keep busy, running errands that make little real impact on our lives. Days filled with dull chores, forgetting to spend half an hour in the garden enjoying the sunshine, to sit and savour a meal, to enjoy a cold beer or glass of wine.
Not finding time to call that friend, or to simply sit and cuddle the children. Why do we do this? Are we so afraid that someone is going to call round and see that we haven't washed up, haven't completed that report?
Life is too short not to enjoy the garden and having lazy Sundays with family and friends. It is too short not to sit and cuddle the children, to eat on the run hardly tasting a morsel of the food in front of you.
Next time you eat, or take a walk, really pay attention to what you're doing. Breathe in the aromas, listen to the sounds, eavesdrop a conversation on the bus, feel the wind blowing through your hair, the rain dripping onto your skin. Kick leaves in autumn listen to them crunching underfoot.Absorb the smell of open fires, of salty sea air. Hear the gulls screeching overhead. Feel truly alive.
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