Mindfulist #3 – Whodunnit : An Awareness test

The latest prompt on The Mindfulist is to watch a video as part of a test in awareness and notice what’s going on in the clip.

Makes me consider all that goes on around me that I’m not paying attention to. Like the time I had my wallet stolen. For a few minutes, I had a bothersome little feeling that something wasn’t quite right as the thief rifled through my bag right next to my arm. Talk about lack of awareness on my part and hyper-awareness by the pickpocket!

There are so many cues going on in our environment that we fail to notice on a daily basis. Much of this could be attributed to rushing throughout out lives and I’m wholeheartedly guilty of this one. Failing to see all that is going on around us can position us for surprises, disappointments and failure. Cultivating an awareness in surroundings can be difficult but can provide us with cues that could potentially help us survive a lethal bump from an elderly greenthumb.

Me. Oh I only noticed the swap of the bear and the knight in shining amour. By then it was too late for me to get on board with realizing that there was more activity going on in the video. Yup. I have quite a bit of work to do!

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