Listen

You can hear the footsteps of God when silence reigns in the mind.  

~Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Listen
Life tries to get your attention in many ways. It usually shows up as a gentle whisper, something that makes you pause and go… huh, well now! We usually just shake it off and continue throughout our day. We become masters of pushing through, no matter what we feel, how we feel or when we know we should be hitting the pause button a bit more.  When we ignore these whispers, life shows up in a bigger way to get our attention. It's about that time that we go, wow - ok but I will get to that later! If we ignore what life is trying to say to us, it eventually will make you have to stop and listen when the brick wall comes tumbling down right on top of you. Don't wait for this to happen. Listen to the whispers.  Pay attention when life is showing you another path to go on or something you need to be aware of! When the brick wall comes down on top of you, it forces you to pay attention but you don't have to let it get to this point. Listen to life when it first starts to tug at your sleeve.

Quality

Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. 

~Ambrose Bierce

Quality
We can be so rushed to get our lists done that we are more concerned about quantity than quality. We measure our days in how much we accomplish and check of our lists rather than the importance of the conversations we had or the lives that we touched. It's time to throw our lists away or at least only pick the top two items we need to get done, not the 25! Lists are just that - a list! They are not people. Finding the balance between getting "stuff" done and being an engaged and active participant in life is key. It's time to stop paying attention to time and start paying attention to life.