The Way of the CareGiver
The Way of the CareGiver
Find Beauty in the Small Places of Your Life!
Is there a plant growing in a crack in the sidewalk? Did you stop to notice it?
Did you hear the cooing of a morning dove as you backed your car out of the garage?
Did you notice the play of colors on the bedroom wall reflected from the mirror on top the cedar chest?
Did you see the sun peeking through the clouds of pink and grey?
Beauty surrounds us, each and every day, unnoticed in the small places in our lives.
Gather that beauty into your heart. Store it away to draw on when worries mount and hopes fail.
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Greet The Present Moment!
Take a breath.
Take another, slowly. Inhale…Exhale.
Take a moment to notice what you are feeling.
Can you locate this feeling in a specific part of your body?
Have you felt this feeling before?
Notice what happens as you slowly inhale, and then exhale.
Feel your lungs and diaphragm as they inflate and deflate.
As you exhale, can you feel your breath as it passes over your upper lip?
Rejoice that you are alive, that you can breathe, that you can feel the air passing in and out of you.
Rejoice that you can feel the touch of those you love and who love you.
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