Takeaway: Some wisdom around practicing mindfulness and being present. To achieve this, one needs to practice noticing the world around them instead of constantly trying to mold the world.
Mindfulness is about living in the present moment.
Being present is about learning how to notice.
From the words of Verlyn Klinkenborg:
Is it possible to practice noticing? I think so. But I also think it requires a suspension of yearning. And a pause in the desire to be pouring something out of yourself. Noticing is about letting yourself out into the world, rather than siphoning the world into you in order to transmute it into words. Practicing noticing will also help you learn more about patience and the nature of your mind. Noticing means thinking with all your senses.
I think this is why I’ve fallen into the hobby of photography. It teaches me to see things as they are, right now. To notice the world in a different way.
Noticing is powerful.
~ Coach Alex