A person is alive only to the degree that he or she is aware. To make the most of life we must constantly strive to be aware of the importance of being aware.
Be Aware of Yourself: We should be aware of who we are and what we want to be. We should be aware of our ideals and purposes and our relationship to the Infinite.
Be Aware of Your Senses and Use Them: So often we are distracted and unconscious of the riches our senses can pour into our lives. We eat food without tasting it, listen to music without hearing it, smell without experiencing the pungency of odors and the delicacy of perfumes, touch without feeling the grain or texture, and see without appreciating the beauty around us.
Be Aware of People: This calls for sensitivity, an empathy that will make us aware of the inner thoughts of people--sadness, loneliness, discouragement, joy. This is often an extrasensory awareness. We should see people not as part of a crowd, but as individuals with needs, longings, and aspirations.
Be Aware of Our Environment: We should be aware of our surroundings, both our community and our country, and of the influences that now mold our world so that we can play our part in the life of our times. We should be aware of significant events in politics, science, and religion and find in them the true and meaningful.
The secret of being more vitally alive is to be more aware. Starting today, from this moment, become aware of awareness!
~Wilferd A. Peterson
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We have only this moment,
sparkling like a star in our hand
and melting like a snowflake.
Let us use it before it is too late.
~Marie Edith Beynon
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