I  sometimes get so “busy”
or preoccupied with my own thoughts
that I don’t “notice” the beauty and wonder around me…
I seems to miss out
on so many tiny, positives each day…
in nature,
with people…
you name it…

I sometimes just seem to not “notice” them…

    One day I was just stepping outside
and actually noticed the sun
starting to peek out from behind this cloud..
it was so beautiful!

And I thought…

“yeah, that’s it…
wake up and notice what’s around me…
I’ve been missing so much.”

And hence, this page…“Notice…Appreciate”…to take that image and idea and try to keep it in mind throughout my day…

• first, it would help if I would slow down,
• come back to the present moment,
• and “notice”…that’s a big step right there…
• and then to feel that sense of wonder and appreciation and gratitude for whatever it is that I’ve seen…
• And hence… “Notice… Appreciate”

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Note:  That’s one of  actual photos, above, that I took after I noticed the beauty of the sun peeking out.  I brought this post up from April posts, because I want to keep this idea more current in my mind.

A similar idea from another site called  Reflections from a Friend: Warmth, Love, Appreciation

I found a lovely poem by Pat Cegan, in her blog called “Source for Inspiration” .  I took the last few lines of her poem and put them onto a “page”, to help me keep these ideas in mind…similar  to the “notice…appreciate” ideas. I also printed out 2 small copies and one is  now taped on the edge of my computer monitor and the other is above the kitchen sink…it seems to be one of those days when that reminder is a helpful one…

awwww….this is nice…Pat added my “card” to her blog… : )   Really, Pat’s words are such a lovely reminder…  : )

In addition:  … Amazing (!!!) youtube nature/sun and clouds slide show: Morning Has Broken, sung by Cat Stevens  (click, play, full screen, feel the beauty….) A different youtube slide show. Notice & Appreciate… (omg…who are these amazing people creating youtube videos???? wow…I say…wow! )