The season is quickly approaching...

The season when lists prevail and "checking lists twice" is even something required of Old St. Nick.

The season when life can fly by with ease or seem to stand still with indescribable pain and grief.

It's not as though we need to stop making plans.

What we need is to notice life as we are living it...

Notice the chaos, the colors, the movement, the stillness, the sounds, the silence, the people, the moments.

Notice the care, the quiet, the fears, the momentum.

Notice the obstacles, the ease, the presence, the solitude.

Notice the feeling of clothes on your skin, the sound of your heartbeat, the feel of the breath.

Caring for the moments and bringing attention to the heart is what happens when we notice.

If life is what happens while we are making other plans, what can we do to INVITE LIFE into those plans?

Notice.

NOTICE the emotion that is present with you.

NOTICE the feeling inside your body.

NOTICE those emotions and physiological feelings shift throughout your plans.

NOTICE the people around you.

NOTICE how the interactions happen and don’t happen.

NOTICE your contribution and generosity.

TAKE NOTE AND NOTICE.