{"id":78,"date":"2022-01-11T18:02:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T18:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/?p=78"},"modified":"2022-01-11T18:02:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T18:02:08","slug":"observing-the-present-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/?p=78","title":{"rendered":"Observing the present moment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5536-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5536-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5536-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5536-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5536-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5536-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5536-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u2015\u00a0Paulo Coelho<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5540-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5540-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5540-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5540-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5540-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5540-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5540-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I wanted to see the bigger picture and found it in focusing on the small things, the details and being in the present moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just by observing these details my heart opens up and I got the bigger view, I could see and feel the new horizon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s like the fog rising into the sky and revealing what it has covered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5543-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5543-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5543-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5543-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5543-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5543-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5543-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Observing the small things lets me see things that I otherwise wouldn&#8217;t have seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Observing the present moment lets me see my heart and I can close my eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5544-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5544-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5544-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5544-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5544-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5544-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5544-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.\u201d\u00a0 \u2015\u00a0Paulo Coelho Today I wanted to see the bigger picture and found it in focusing on the small things, the details and being in the present moment. Just by observing these details my heart opens up and I got the bigger view, I could see and feel the new horizon. It&#8217;s like the fog rising into the sky and revealing what it has covered. Observing the small things lets me see things that I otherwise wouldn&#8217;t have seen. Observing the present moment lets me see my heart and I can close my eyes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions\/83"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}