When life gets busy

Today, I realized and was able to get a glimpsed sensation of empathy for people who do work full time.  I know this sounds crazy but I have never worked "full time" in my life because in the fitness industry as a group fitness instructor it would be crazy hard to work 40+ hours a week haha.  Anyways, after having this realization, I have decided to come home a slow down.  We are busy bees and let us remember that it is okay to slow down.  In a Yang driven westernized day, bring yourself into Yin when you can, honor the work you have been doing, stop worrying about what you need to do or what has happened, take a few conscious breaths, close your eyes for a moment and breathe, acknowledge the abundance of trees around you (I live in Denver) and when we slow down and take on a moment of stillness, focus on being as present as you can, we come back revamped, recharged, rejuvenated, and revitalized, reversed, reborn, and... that's about it for words that begin with a "r" and have similar meanings ;)

Thanks for your support everyone, it truly is such an amazing feeling to see that people actually read what you write and appreciate it (relatively speaking).  I'd love to hear from you all sometimes!  I love a good mind jam session or even a casual chat about life.

Peace and Love Always.

We all want to be seen

In a yang dominant world, we often go about our day with blinders on; focused on our worries, what we need to accomplish, distracted by our cellular devices, etc.  We are in constant amusement of external objects, thus diverting us away from connection to self.  This is a little random but I think we can all relate on one level or another.  Back to the main topic of this post, "people want to be seen".
We have our own lives to live, personal problems to overcome, whatever, whatever, we experience a lot in a given day and it can be extremely stressful and distracting.  What if we put all of that aside for maybe 5 minutes a day and with that 5 minutes of liberation, we actually walked with our heads up instead of in our phones and acknowledged our fellow brothers and sisters.  As you pass by someone, give them a smile, give it to them and acknowledge their existence.  Say to yourself inwardly, "I see you".  Since everything is composed of matter, and all matter is energy, and all energy vibrates and transmits at a different frequency, the mere subtle act of seeing someone, connecting eyes with them and then saying "I see you", may be more powerful than we can even fathom, even something as little as an inward narrative of saying, "I wish you the best" and be deliberate in your delivery of that thought!  You never know how that could affect someone.  Id argue that verbal exchanges are more powerful than thought form exchanges but hey, who knows.  And furthermore this verb or nonverbal exchange may have a positive affect on that persons day, or even life.  Seeing someone doesn't just start and stop with visually seeing them, we see hundreds if not thousands of people a day and yet, how many of them do we actually acknowledge?  If given the opportunity to talk to a stranger, do it.  Something as simple as, hey, how is your day going?  or even better, "What has been the best part of your day so far?"  Lets go with that one!  "Hey, how are you?" has seemed to lose some value because are we really wanting to know how they are or are we just being polite?  Do you see the difference?  We must ask and live with intention.  I talk to strangers because I truly want to know how they are doing, who they are, how their day has been.  Let us remember to not underestimate the power of acknowledgement.  After all, how good does it feel to be seen?