“Go outside. Don’t tell anyone and don’t bring your phone. Start walking and keep walking until you no longer know the road like the palm of your hand, because we walk the same roads day in and day out, to the bus and back home and we cease to see. We walk in our sleep and teach our muscles to work without thinking and I dare you to walk where you have not yet walked and I dare you to notice. Don’t try to get anything out of it, because you won’t. Don’t try to make use of it, because you can’t. And that’s the point. Just walk, see, sit down if you like. And be. Just be, whatever you are with whatever you have, and realise that that is enough to be happy.
There’s a whole world out there, right outside your window. You’d be a fool to miss it.”
― Charlotte Eriksson
It’s so easy to get complacent and set in our daily routine that we end up just going through the motions. We tend to forget or get too busy to just stop and enjoy the present moment. So, it’s important to remind ourselves to simply stop, put the phone away and go outside and sit on a bench without a reason for doing so. Go take a walk without a destination in mind. For life is about enjoying the small miracles that surround us each and everyday like a butterfly taking flight or the warmth of the sun on your cheek.
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