Moments of Awe: July 26 - August 1

If you look carefully, you'll discover each petal is a universe of color.

Have you ever...

🏵️ marched with a 2 1/2-year-old, giggling every step of the way

🏵️ watched lightning fill the summer sky, awestruck as each bolt shattered the night

🏵️ tasted lemon raspberry cake and wondered how anything that delicious could be so sweet and so tart at the same time

🏵️ cried as your heart breaks at the telling of a friend's latest diagnosis

If so, then you already know any moment of any day is a doorway to life's beauty, mystery, and pain. These are moments of awe. Mindfulness teaches us to pay attention with our ears, our eyes, our mind and our heart to be more aware, to be more open, to be more humble, to be more gracious, to be more alive.

Practice

Here's a technique I've shared before; it works well with wonder.

Stop wherever you are or whenever you want to feel grounded.

Notice:

🏵️ 3 things you can see

🏵️ 2 things you can hear

🏵️ 1 thing you can touch or feel

Make this a regular routine. Life is always more when we make room for it.