Giving your full attention to someone is one of the greatest gifts we can give.
We cannot buy time, we cannot make time. When we devote time to someone else, we take ourselves out of the equation and fully invest our attention to another. Showing love, care and support.
When you sit down to have a meal with someone, give them your full attention. There’s no need for your eyes to wander around the room, observing everything else, focus on the person or people you are with. There’s no need to pick up your phone, you’ve got someone right in front of you to communicate with. There’s no need to worry or think about that email that you have to send later, to remember to do something later. That means your attention and focus is elsewhere. Draw your focus back into the moment you are experiencing right then and there with that other person. Leave all of the distractions and thoughts of past and future aside. Fully give your attention. Not just 20% or 50%, give something greater: your full attention.
When someone gives you their full attention, notice how loving and supporting it feels. You feel appreciated. And notice when someone isn’t giving you their full attention. When they look at others around the room, look at their phone, send text messages, look at their email, etc. It can sometimes feel like you wonder if it even matters if you are there at all. You feel unimportant and not valued.
To give your full attention: This is not an easy task. But it’s something we can practice every day. To be more mindful with every moment and to give our full attention in every moment.
Society has driven us to multi task constantly and our jobs force us to work quickly and be rushed. When we remove ourselves away from this busy culture we can find a more blissful peace. We can be in the present moment.
Not only can this practice be done when spending time with someone else, but also when you are alone. Give yourself your full attention. When you show up on your yoga mat, draw your attention inward. There’s no need to look at others around the room. There’s no need to compare yourself to everyone else. Be content with who you are and where you are in your practice. Let go of the distractions and attachment to how you should look in a pose and just feel your energy move and your body move throughout the poses. Create the moving meditation from within.
Giving your full attention is the greatest gift you can give.
~Namaste~
-Danielle from www.danielleblends.com