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Ever find yourself endlessly dreaming of global travels? Me too. . Traveling awakens my sense of anticipation, discovery, and gratitude. I jump out of bed eager, knowing I’ll be pleasantly surprised by something magical, mystical, something that will evoke my sense of awe and wonder. . Every now and then, life softly chuckles at me and replies, “Hey Forrest, sunrises are beautiful in Texas too, you know.” . Matter of fact... life is shockingly delicious when we pause to celebrate it. To say thank you. To savor each moment. . And we can open our eyes (and our hearts) with the same anticipation each morning, expecting to see something picturesque, endearing, adventurous or wild, whether it be a landscape or a stranger’s face. . This morning, life jolted me awake to the gift of a simple, warm, smiling sunrise. . Smile. Open your eyes to the perfection of life. Enjoy your day— @forrestpwebber
This morning, I felt the illuminating controversy between my feelings and my desires, my activity and my presence... We are such wonderfully complex beings, aren’t we? ⠀ .⠀ __________⠀ STORY⠀ __________⠀ ⠀ I felt rushed; impatient to get going, moving, doing. Go, go, go.⠀ .⠀ Yet I was moving very slowly, lingering in any and every activity. I swear I brushed my teeth for 9 minutes.⠀ .⠀ My desire was to be still. To observe, watch, to notice things I might normally rush past. There wasn’t something else I wanted to be doing, I just wanted to actually BE wherever I was without hustling off to the next item on my to-do list.⠀ .⠀ As I filled my car with gas, I played a game. I pretended I was in Latin America, an alien in a foreign place, that I was entirely unfamiliar with my surroundings. The advertisements at the gas pump, the road signs… I studied the words and pictures on the plastic. I watched people get out of their cars, swipe their credit cards, select Unleaded Fuel, poke the nozzles into their car’s gas tank, and then gaze dreamily toward the sky, or the road, a flying bird, or a passing train. I pretended they were Nicaraguans and my capacity to rest my attention on them and my physical surroundings enhanced. I was able to focus on the world right in front of me.⠀ .⠀ Still, my mind kept yanking my thoughts toward some important agenda for work, like a gravitational force pulling at me to get out of the present moment… my eyes would glaze over and I would ignore whatever LIFE was doing right in front of me… then I would have to fight to get back into that state of being I was in previously… just watching, smiling, experiencing what was right in front of me.⠀ .⠀ ____________⠀ INVITATION⠀ ____________⠀ ⠀ Do you ever notice this kind of thing happening in your life? How do you handle it? What do you observe? Do you find meaning in both of these ways of living (BE-ing and DO-ing)?⠀ .⠀ Would love to hear your thoughts in the comments 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻🙂
Something wonderful arrived in the mail. . Let the journey of inquisition begin... @noself.co (created by Jasmine Scalesciani Hawken)⠀
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It all begins and ends and begins again with love - happy easter
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but seeing with new eyes."⠀⠀ – Marcel Proust (paraphrased)⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #wanderlust #travel #happiness #wisdom
"The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise, we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them." –Thomas Merton⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #love #thomasmerton #freedom #awareness
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