Look

WAIT A MOMENT–STEP BACK

March 27, 2024 By ChuckBehrens Leave a Comment

I M A G I N E
W A I T
A
MOMENT
STEP BACK
and just take another look at things, not only to see how they look
but how they actually are from just another simple perspective,
Y O U R S

“I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.”

• Friedrich Nietzsche
HEY, WAIT A MOMENT
STEP BACK
(see. . .EXPERIENCE things in another way)

Blind Sight

November 27, 2023 By ChuckBehrens Leave a Comment

UK’s John Lewis
is a Master
every year when it comes to
CHRISTMAS
commercials
and what makes this even better
is that it’s a mere
a l t e r n a t i v e
and aren’t we humbled beneficiaries
because of it. . .
Of course it doesn’t hurt
to have a most awesome
THIS IS OUR HOME
song by
Ben and Andy. . .
which prompts us to
THE QUESTION
ARE WE EVER SO BLIND WHEN WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE
(but not exactly sure what we’re looking at)
There’s a reason
we have entered into the
SEASON OF LIGHT
especially since the darkness is getting longer
especially since the ever-so-long-pandemic
is ever so-long-from-ending
especially since the more
we see the less we notice
. . .It’s a question
asked every year when we come to this
S E A S O N:
WILL IT BE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR?
Pssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssst:
The Answer always sways on just one integer
Y O U

It really never matters
How
When
Where
but THAT
You bring Your LIGHT
to any darkened situation. . .

. . .and bring
your-blind-but-now-can-see-better-Self
h o m e

WOODSWIMMER

August 15, 2022 By ChuckBehrens Leave a Comment

WoodSwimmer is a film collaboration between genius animator Brett Foxwell and Conor Grebel (Bedtimes). The footage was taken through a laborious stop motion process of capturing sections of wood as they are thinly shaved away by a milling machine. For more info on the video visit: http://www.bfophoto.com/ Director: Brett Foxwell Music / Editing: Bedtimes (Conor Grebel)

BIG WHOOP, Right. . .

What are you going to show us next Monday on your film-clip Monday Blog Post, Chuck. . . ?

You know. . .it kind of really is a big deal
especially if you’re a lot like me and continually have to
LEARN
TO SEE
WHAT I AM LOOKING AT. . .

anonymous person with binoculars looking through stacked books

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com

10 seconds
just take a minimum of
10 seconds
unless you’re really gutsy and what to add another
50 seconds
to do nothing
not one single thing
e x e p t
to focus
to look
to see
a plant
a tree
or any other natural object
around you
that you regularly see
but rarely notice. . .
D A R E
to notice something
you failed to recognize
before. . .
Go ahead, I’ll wait
or better still,
GO WOODSWIMMING

TWO STRANGERS WHO WEREN’T

July 11, 2022 By ChuckBehrens Leave a Comment

TWO STRANGERS. . .
WHO WEREN’T

YOU JUST DON’T KNOW
WHEN YOU’RE GOING TO MEET AN
ALLISTER
or a
SAMIR
. . .and worse. . .
MAYBE YOU HAVE
and you just didn’t notice
OR PAID ATTENTION
LOOK AGAIN
S E E
BE
FREE
A CARING CATALYST
YOU’RE NOT
ALWAYS SEEN
AS BEING
(but always becoming)

YOU: A (S) HERO

February 7, 2022 By ChuckBehrens Leave a Comment

Most of the time
we don’t see ourselves as
(S) HEROES
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com

We often look to do the EXTRAORDINARY
instead of just taking the ORDINARY
and bringing our
E X T R A
to it. . .
NOW THAT’S TRULY (S)HEROIC
It’s all that’s necessary. . .
Not just
YOU BEING YOU
but simply bringing your
YOU-NESS
to the moment before you. . .
Yeah,
(S)HEROIC
YOU:
A (S) HERO

Just 20 Seconds

August 3, 2016 By ChuckBehrens 1 Comment

T W E N T Y S E C O N D S

What can you do in just a mere

T W E N T Y S E C O N D S

Micro-Meditate

Stretch

Deep Breathe

Order a Meal

Add a few songs from a Spotify Playlist

Gift someone an Album

Donate to a Charity

Get a mini work out in

Book a Cleaning

Boost your mood by reading an inspirational quote

Set a Tiny goal

Pay your credit card bill

Find a restaurant and book a reservation

Schedule a hair appointment

Change your Facebook relationship status

Send an Error report

Check in on your sleep quality

Take and upload a Selfie

Text Anyone

Set a fantasy football lineup

Update our to-do list

Order alcohol to your front door with an app

TELL IF SOMEONE IS COMPASSIONATE

in just a mere

T W E N T Y S E C O N D S

Pssssssssssst:

Someone can actually tell in a mere twenty seconds

if you are really

C o m p a s s i o n a t e

According to a new study out of the University of California, Berkley, a person can in

t w e n t y s e c o n d s

tell if you are a compassionate person

by the way you have more open body language

eye contact

head nods

and smiling.

Imagine walking into a lab

and are shown a series of 20-second video clips

In each clip, a different person is listening to someone else speaking.

You can’t hear the conversation,

there’s no sound to the clip

but you’re told that the speaker is talking a time

when he or she suffered. . .

S E R I O U S L Y

Do you listen with your whole body?

(Literally, turn your whole body towards the person who’s speaking to you)

Do you make soft eye contact?

(Literally, not staring a person down but looking at a person full in their face; eyes, mouth, forehead)

Do you offer simple connecting gestures?

(Literally, smiling, nodding your head, and ‘uh-huh-ing’ without interrupting the speaker)

These three simple steps, the researchers tell us,

are simple but not always easy to do

when we’re distracted, busy or stressed out ourselves.

It takes just a mere

T W E N T Y S E C O N D S

and it’s a great reminder that there’s no

wait time

not even a second

for compassion to spontaneously arise.

When we have the

i n t e n t i o n

to experience

and offer

c o m p a s s i o n

we can make choices–even small ones

like how to make eye contact

that can lead to

authentic compassion

The Ba-Zillion Dollar Question:

W I L L Y O U ?

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