Friday, October 9, 2009

The benefits of noticing

I was running along a path today that is frequented by lots of dogs and their owners. One little dog was in the water and apparently was stuck! The owner noticed this, ran and got his dog out of the water quickly. The dog ran down the path like nothing had happened.
What if someone in your life needs some support or help? How do you know? Well, just like the above story the first, most important piece of this is Noticing. When we take notice of others as well as ourselves we can identify what is going on. We are often so busy we forget to Notice....
We can notice if a loved one is down, notice if we are not sleeping well, notice is we are more fatigued, noticed if a loved one needs our help.
Take a deep long breath right now and hold it for 3 seconds... breath out fully and then notice....everything