- looked up at the beautiful sky...
- breathed in the slightly smoked-tanged air...
- listened to the comfortable familiarity of two friends as they walked by...
Slowing myself down like this sparked off a thought. A few hours previously, I'd used the horrible phrase,
"We've got time to kill".
What an unhealthy attitude that betrays. I quickly checked myself, and said,
"I should never say that - our time is far too great a gift to squander" (or words to that effect).
So there I was, , at one level, thinking about the wonder of time, whilst at the same time looking at the sky. It was in this context that I composed a poem on my mobile and sent it to a friend. Here's what I wrote:
In moments like these
I am shocked to have stopped.
What a fool I would be
to scamper and scurry
under this late Summer sky.
I have opened my eyes
to miraculous skies...
time stops ticking,
revealing beauty out there,
in my head...
I haven't had a chance yet to ask him what he thought when he received this, but he did take the time to send me a reply later that same night, which made me smile.
Here we have the Wellbeing values at work:
- Take notice I stopped and noticed the world around me
- Keep learning I created a poem and played with some words
- Connect I shared my creation with a friend
- Give I gave, I got - we shared!
This small change; this slowing down, inspired me to create something. I felt more... more alive! We have it in our hands to make small changes that add up to bigger cumulative effects. That's how cultural change comes about; by ordinary 'Janes' and 'Johns' like us deciding to live and act in better, more fulfilling and creative ways. It's the waft of a butterfly's wing growing into a wind of change, if you will.
Ultimately, it's about deciding how you want to live your life, and what kind of society you want to be an active part of.
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