Look Up! You Might Be Surprised What You See
Posted on: October 21, 2013
When I hike I have a tendency to look at the ground about 10 feet ahead of me, staying alert to things in my path that might cause me to trip. I can be in the middle of nature’s incredible beauty and all I see is dirt.
When I go for walks in my neighborhood, I do the same. Focus on the concrete, sometimes finding heart shapes in its imperfections or earth worms I can save.
When I look up, the beauty and expansiveness of the world can surprise me. The world is so much more than I focus on. It is filled with color and the sky seems to go on forever.
I am going to practice looking up. I want to experience the expansiveness of my surroundings and the beauty all around me. I want to feel it and soak it in. I want to expand the number of things I have to be grateful for.
Will you join me?
6 Responses to "Look Up! You Might Be Surprised What You See"
October 21, 2013 at 1:57 pm
I will also practice looking up and out. We can still check occasionally for those earthworms that need rescuing. 🙂
3 | Sara Silva
October 21, 2013 at 2:20 pm
I love looking around when I walk, seeing nature and the beauty of it all (found your blog on the ultimate Blog Challenge)
October 21, 2013 at 2:32 pm
Thanks for the great reminder. I usually look down when I go for a walk, and you’re right, if we just take the time to look up, there’s a whole world out there waiting to be discovered.
Life Coach Linda 
October 21, 2013 at 1:46 pm
Oh yes, I love to look up! Especially at the moon. I’m so in love with the moon I wrote a book about it. 🙂 And when I can see it, I look up at it every single night.
October 21, 2013 at 2:11 pm
Thank you for the reminder. This post came out of what I experienced during daytime activities. We need to remember to do it at night too.