The absolute best gift

It’s the season of giving, so it bears repeating (I could certainly use the reminder): our attention is the best gift we can give.

Our full, undivided attention — our presence — is the most precious gift in the world.

It’s crucial to remember this around the holidays when we often feel extra pressure and get extra busy.

But…

For a rich and rewarding life, it’s critical to remember this all the time.

In a sweet book called How Good Are You Willing To Let It Get?, Sarah Bamford Seidelmann writes:

“…I only need to do whatever it is I’m doing with awareness and heart. Whatever it is will be just dandy. I always complicate things. Spirit reminds me it’s always simple.”

She leads into this by saying that she sometimes gets into a “dither” about what she’s up to and how to do things successfully.

This is the answer that her spiritual practice reliably provides in response to such dithers:

“If you want to make a substantial impact—whether you’re making a pot of kitchari for a group cleanse, creating a Moroccan-themed pool party, or conceiving the design for a national monument to Maya Angelou—do it with loving attentiveness and the results will be greater than you could have imagined.”

I just love this.

We do overcomplicate things and get into near-constant “dithers,” if you will.

But instead of trying to get everything right … have all the answers … have it all figured out, simply bringing our full heart and attention to WHAT’S RIGHT IN FRONT OF US is all we need to do.

This will lead to outcomes that are “greater than you could have imagined.”

That’s a big statement, and yet I know it to be true.

So, this holiday season, let’s give the gift of our attention quite generously to whomever and whatever is in our sphere. Let’s start with that today … right now!

The book asks: “Would you be willing to stop multitasking and give your whole heart and attention to whatever you’re working on” [and I would add]: ” + to whomever you are with?!

If so, type ONE THING AT A TIME (or whatever else reaffirms this idea for you) in the comment section below.

It will be a magical gift — all the way around.