“I can’t give this the attention it deserves. “
A phenomenon we know is a problem in life is that people aren’t Listening. They aren’t showing up for each other including the people way say we love.
Levels of being present and my challenge to you is how can you take the next smallest step to be more present with yourself and with the people close to you.
You’re here but are you here?
I gotta know, could you actually handle being more present in your life? If you show up more and you create deeper connections, more intimacy with those you love is that scary?
I use a meal service to prep meals and send them to me on ice each week. The convenience is amazing and it saves me a ton of time… until it doesn’t. Like any service can over time the quality can go up or down. The deliveries have come at times after I’ve wanted to go to bed or on a Friday night after I left to go out for the evening.
So I got on the chat the other day to get some help with the day of the week my delivery happens and found myself in a message volley that went back and forth with several minutes between messages.
Blah blah blah… the point is that I got lost in the weeds with this situation and I found myself out walking my dogs while dealing with this. After about twenty minutes I realized I wasn’t really paying attention to my dogs, what they were doing, or being present with them.
I know so many of you are doing this with your kids, your intimate partners, with coworkers, and elsewhere.
Being present requires energy and we all have a certain capacity to pay attention and to put out that energy. It can be built but it’s built through doing it and with ongoing practice.
The place where this can hurt or help any of us the most is in our our practices. The game changer is how well we can stay awake with our practices that build us towards the next iteration of ourselves.
The opportunity:
Who is impacted the most from your lack of presence?
What do you know you could accomplish if you stayed on top of your practices?
Thanks for your time, have a great day!