The Gift of Attention

AA wrote: J J

BB wrote: Thank you! Have a good week-start. J

CC wrote: I wanted to thank you for your beautiful gift of attention. It feels so good to have such a close friend within such a long distance.

The Gift of Attention

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
                                    Thich Nhat Hanh

We don’t always know how to show the people in our lives how much care we about them. A letter, flowers or other little presents are lovely ways, but the most precious gift is our attention.

When we are fully there for the ones we love, without thinking about anything else, wondering or planning, we are giving them the best present they can ever get. To attentively see, listen to and care for another person is like immerging her in a shower of warm, nurturing rain: it will make her open up like a flower and shine.