Christmas is approaching! And I would like to continue the reflection about giving attention to our immaterial wealth during this special time of the year.
Even if you may not like this period, it is difficult to ignore this event and the rhetoric that goes with it. Let’s use these „Christmas vibes“ for training our attention toward what is really precious to us, because Christmas is happening anyway.
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In my last article, the topic was how to give more attention to what we possess. The idea behind was to get more nourishment from what is already in our life, instead of accumulating more and more stuff. Consuming less helps us – in my opinion – to be more attentive to what is already present in our life. It may move our attention from what we possess – materiality – to something immaterial.
Instead, consuming maintains the sensation that we lack of something. That what we have is not enough. Sometimes we even feel that we are not enough, that we should solve a problem by acquiring the “right stuff”.[Weiterlesen]
Have you already noticed that our ability to pay attention, to see something, is related to variations? What we see is easily attracted by what is new – a new restaurant in the neighborhood or the new film with our preferred actor. But our eyes are often blind to what is familiar and taken for granted. Not paying attention can bring us to not see what is already in our life and to push us to constantly research for the excitement of what is new. We keep looking forward to what is not yet in our life.
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Stress is a common notion. Today, we even consider it as an inseparable aspect of our lifestyle. We may feel proud of it, as if the fact of being busy and stressed automatically translate in a successful self-image.
The experience of being stressed was – and still is – considered as normal as drinking coffee at breakfast 🙂 But if you had the chance to live a peaceful lockdown during the Covid crisis, as I had the privilege to do, you may have reconsidered it. Because actually, a life with more time, no running around and a lot of calmness it is very pleasing.
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In the last articles we talked about uncertainties. The Corona virus times are still remembering us that we can not be certain about what will happen in the next months. This period may be an invitation to all of us to strengthen our ability to settle our intentions. Let me explain that.
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What will happen in the next weeks and months? What will happen to our jobs, to our social contacts, to our freedom? When will we be able to hug again our families and travel again?
What we are living now is indeed some uncertain times and it is “normal” to experience fear. [Weiterlesen]