the cure in curiosity

from 'Callings - Finding and Following an Authentic Life' by Gregg Levoy

"According to those interviewed for this book, who are people very responsive to their callings, any practice that strengthens our powers of observation and our ability to see subtleties within ourselves, any practice that allows us to step outside and look back through the shop window, will help us overcome the kind of inadvertence of which Joseph Campbell spoke and from which Willy Loman suffered. These practices include anything that helps us pay attention to our lives, gently sanding our fingertips to make them more sensitive to the feel of things, such as: a daily journal, meditation, therapy, artwork, movement work, martial arts, dream interpretation, music, long walks, intimate conversation, retreats, fasting, rituals. These practices also remind us not to spend so much time awaiting big booming voices from on high that we stumble over the whispers that are right at our feet. "If you listen down below," instructs the Torah, "you will deserve to hear from above." "

Paying attention to our lives. So difficult when there is so much more wanting us to pay attention to it.

Aren't you curious about yourself anymore?

Get curious again and observe something you do with detachment. Don't think about it, just watch it.

Start small. Do it a little bit everyday.

You will regain something that you did not know you lost.