Here I am writing lines again after a brief absence related to my recent move to Australia.
It has now been more than two weeks since my return to the land of the kangaroos and I admit that, as I watched my life turn upside down and my deepest connections drift apart, it was not so easy to initially adjust to this big change.
However, it was during the most difficult days that I was able to reflect deeply on what could make me feel better and the key, surprisingly, lay in the smallest things.
The importance of focusing on the little things
I used to let the days slip by with the weight of missing my loved ones.
And the thousands of doubts that kept passing through my head only confused me even more… but then I told myself that I had to do something about it and I simply began to focus on the simplest things.
It was only a few days ago when I was at work completely alone.
I was in this endless countryside, lost in the middle of nowhere in total silence with only the company of a few kangaroos and a few emus scampering here and there.
I kept repeating the exact same task for hours and hours, bored, until I decided to stop for a moment and simply observe.
I had lost track of time and everything seemed so monotonous but then I decided to pause and watch those two little emus slowly walking one behind the other in that endless expanse of grass.
For a moment there was a smile on my face and everything had taken on more life.
I stood watching them for a few moments, admiring their relaxed pace, and at that very moment I thought I had found the solution to my “bad mood”: looking carefully at the little things.
Knowing how to find value in simplicity
And so, in what seemed like the simplest thing in the world, I found myself smiling in complete solitude and thinking how life is so much too beautiful to let thoughts and problems.
It was only from that moment on that I was able to start seeing everything with a clearer mind and see the world a little more colorfully again.
I realized that too often we get confused by the daily hustle and bustle and miss the beauty of the world around us.
The morning stillness, nature, the clouds that create such bizarre shapes… It is so simple and yet so tremendously difficult sometimes to focus on these small things but I can assure you that the key to well-being lies right there.
Show gratitude
It may not be the solution to all problems but today I invite you to take some time just for yourself and simply slow down.
Flow more slowly, reconnect with yourself and simply appreciate the little things because nothing is as obvious as it seems.
And so today and in the coming days try to give yourself some self-love and never forget to show gratitude because every day you have the choice to slowly fade away or instead continue to shine.
I choose the second option, and you? What do you choose?
I sincerely hope that today’s article was able to make you reflect above all, and secondly, that you enjoyed it.
Thank you for your attention.
Have a good life!
© Alex Negrini — Be Adventurer, 2022
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