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Life is full of little details, of those details that go unnoticed when we\u00b4re lost in our own thoughts, which is most of the time. More often than not, our auto-pilot is turned on, and we\u00b4re worrying about the future or ruminating about the past, thus missing the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And of course, ignoring as we are all those details that make each day unique and special, it\u00b4s no wonder that we feel like we\u00b4re living in groundhog day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if we get to slow down a little, and focus on being alert and present as the mindfulness practice teaches us, then we start noticing surprising things, amazing things, wherever we are. Because there\u00b4s beauty everywhere, as long as we know how to see it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I recently heard a really cool story related to this (thanks Paz!), an experiment that was carried out a few years ago in the United States. A superfamous violinist, one of the best in the world, set himself up as a busker in a subway station in Washington D.C., playing with his Stradivarius violin during rush hour. He played for almost forty-five minutes, and during that time, only seven people stopped to listen to his music, and only one of them recognized him. All the rest walked by, carrying on with their daily stress and worries\u2026 Is that really the way we want to live? Always passing by, only to complain afterwards about how we\u00b4re stuck in a rut?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The good news is that we can break that cycle. Each morning when we wake up, we have a choice between turning on the auto-pilot and living one more groundhog day, or shifting our perspective, and letting ourselves be surprised by the \u201csubway violinists\u201d: a spectacular sunset, your children\u00b4s joy when arriving home, a chat with a loved one\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u00b4s \u201cviolinist\u201d for me is realizing that this is the fiftieth post in this blog \ud83d\ude42 What\u00b4s yours?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

La vida est\u00e1 llena de peque\u00f1os detalles, de esos que pasan desapercibidos cuando estamos ensimismados pensando en otras cosas, que es la mayor\u00eda de las veces. Andamos demasiado a menudo con el piloto autom\u00e1tico puesto, agobi\u00e1ndonos por el futuro o d\u00e1ndole vueltas al pasado, y nos perdemos el presente. 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