How to See The Light In The Little Things

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Morgan Harper Nichols

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🗓️ 16 July 2021

⏱️ 4 minutes

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0:00.0	Well, hello there. My name is Morgan Harper Nichols. I'm an artist and a writer, and this is a space where I share poetry and prose that I hope can make a little room for you to slow down just for a moment and take a few deep breaths as you prepare for whatever lies ahead.
0:19.7	Today's piece is called How to See the Light in the Little Things.
0:28.7	Gratitude, the quality of being able to see the light in the little things.
0:35.4	The benefit of taking time to have gratitude for the little things each day
0:39.3	is that you start to notice different things each day. Even when you enter the same spaces day after day,
0:47.3	there are a million little things that make each space unique. Look closer at your surroundings. Notice what stands out to you. Pay attention to the
0:58.4	sounds, textures, and colors of your environment. Maybe the blue of the curtain is more than just
1:04.9	blue. Perhaps it's indigo or sapphire. Research it. Say the name of the color out loud. What does this color make you
1:14.2	think of? Does it bring you a sense of calm, a sense of nostalgia? Make a habit out of asking
1:21.5	yourself questions about the space you're in. Even if you don't have answers for these questions, it matters that you're
1:29.0	spending this time. This too is a practice of gratitude. If you were to do nothing more than pay
1:35.8	attention to the colors of the room you're in, you will find so many little things worth noticing
1:41.5	that you have never noticed before. And you can repeat the same process with textures or patterns.
1:48.0	Everything from the way the fabric of our clothing is woven to the carved patterns on our lamps has a history.
1:56.0	Everything is connected.
1:58.0	Even the inanimate objects in the rooms we're in have origin stories that we can spend
2:03.0	time getting to know. And here's what happens when we learn to practice gratitude in this way.
2:10.4	When we leave our ordinary everyday spaces, we start to see the rest of the world in a brand
2:15.5	new way. We start to realize that the people and places
2:19.7	we pass each day are not just actors and sets in the background of our lives as we play the
2:25.8	main character. Instead, there is meaning all around us. Everyone has a part in a larger story.
2:33.5	All around, there are people, places, and things worth
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