One of my life coaches suggested that I use my blog as a tool to teach other people how to notice the beauty in the world. Recognizing beauty in unusual places is one of the ways you can reset your Happiness Set Point®.
Above is an image I shared on my Instagram, paired with the following caption:
“I was starting to see that what looks like garbage from one angle might be art from another. Maybe it did take a crisis to get to know yourself; maybe you needed to get whacked hard by life before you understood what you wanted out of it.” — Jodi Picoult
Every day, during my walk, I take time to notice small details that can be easily overlooked: a child’s chalk drawing on the sidewalk; a knot in a tree trunk; a flowering weed that erupts from a crack in a wall… all of these things and more are just waiting for your senses to become sharper (to paraphrase this quote from Irish poet William Butler Yeats: “The world is full of magic things patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper”).
The beautiful is ALWAYS situated right next to the ugly and depressing. Where your focus goes, your future follows. Pay attention to where you choose to give your energy.
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