Author Julia
Such a fabulous state — when you are confident in the Lord and confident in yourself, in your power and in your way; when the heart and soul are in a constant state of gratitude to the Lord for this way, to people for their love and support, to yourself for keeping following the way laid out by the Lord and enjoying this path, without paying attention to what you are supposed to overcome.
All our overcomings are part of the path we follow, and passing each stage takes us to a new level! Moreover, at that new level, new goals appear, new complicated tasks are set, and so we follow the path of that very new level, overcoming other difficulties, which, again, make us stronger, more professional and lead us to the victory at that stage.
You hone your skills, paying attention to many various details, and on the way of achieving, you master these details and begin to do your job perfectly. This is a constant process of personal growth, which I love infinitely, which gives me strength, motivation, confidence and leads me to new heights.
As you know, everything starts with a dream, and in the process of its implementation, we self-improve and feel the need not only to imagine the achievement of our dream, but also to enjoy the process! Like I said, it is important not only to move systematically towards achieving your dream or goal, but also to notice the moments on the way to its implementation. Before I did not pay much attention to them, since I aimed for the result, but now, as I got older, I began to notice stages of the process itself and realized that sometimes they bring me even more pleasure than the final result!
At a certain point, you realize that you like “hanging around details” you work on every day, devoting a lot of time and effort to them! As it is known, small details always create something great. Sometimes they are not visible to the naked eye, but if your gaze turns to them, it means that you go deeper, you do not just see the picture as a whole, but notice the features that create the general background.
You can see it when you look at, for example, paintings by Cezanne or Monet in the Orsay Museum in Paris. Initially, you pay attention to the whole picture, which captivates you at the first glance, but when you shift your attention to the details, e.g. noticing the play of light or other details, you get even more pleasure of viewing!
Or, for example, while sitting in the hotel lobby with a cup of delicious cappuccino, suddenly you notice an orchid on a stand in the corner of the room. It is almost unnoticeable, but you can see it; you can see this detail that someone put to make you feel better by looking at it to enjoy fully your stay in the hotel.
Or, while watching professional dancers’ performance, you can see not only their well-coordinated, polished movements, but at a certain moment you can notice their glances directed to each other, their light touches to each other, their open palms, where every finger looks exactly in the right direction, and this exact, at first glance, “spontaneous action” of the hand creates a unique visual picture you cannot get away. Thinking of it, you understand that this “spontaneous action” of the fingers has been rehearsed thousands of times in the dance setting process, but this is what completes the whole picture!
When you start enjoying the process, you start living every moment! It’s no longer just a way of overcoming difficulties in the process of achieving a goal — absolutely not! You enter the phase of enjoying the process and every moment of it, noticing it, evaluating it, trying to do better and, of course, enjoying the fact that you managed to do something wonderful and new. It is then that the word “overcoming” fades into the background, replaced, for example, by the word “achievement”. After that, you feel your path has become much easier, more pleasant and more memorable.
This way to my dream or goal gives me pleasure. Having achieved a certain dream or goal, I realize that I have lived that very way! I noticed it, I paid attention to its daily and moment-by-moment details, and that is why the picture of achieving the result in a certain area is created perfectly, in my point of view. Because it contains details, the ones I had to work on and that brought me pleasure.
LIFE IS A SET OF NUMEROUS DETAILS, TWISTED INTO OUR YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW, AND INTO EVERY MOMENT OF OUR EXISTENCE
Noticing and creating them, we become different, we become brighter, more diverse, deeper, wider and higher.
Catching the moments, we stop chasing after the elusive and start living a good life.
I love the famous saying “beauty is in the details” and I understand that the person who said it a long time ago realized its fullness much earlier than me, whereas I did it only recently. But it’s fantastic that I have already understood it, accepted it and now I live noticing that very beauty in the details in every area of my life. Because of that, my life is filled with diversity, bright and colorful moments that are impossible to forget!
I am sure that everyone reading this article will find something of their own, a special word that they need at this particular point.
Main photo by Molly the Cat
Translation by Anastasiia Moskalenko
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