Here

When the world ‘out there’ seems to be swirling out of control, it helps to zone in on your own world ‘right here’. Get local. How is your home, your family, your garden, your friends? Notice the simple things: the spring flowers or the autumn leaves, the reliable postman or the chatty shopkeeper, the tail-wagging dog or the curled-up cat. When you focus on what’s right in front of you, or immediately around you, you gain perspective. It becomes clearer what needs doing. You take back power. Anxiety goes down. You are grateful for simple pleasures and small blessings.

— Wayne Visser

From Purpose Inspired: Reflections on Conscious Living, Volume 3. Buy on Lulu ↗