Noticing requires us to slow down, take a moment, and stay with a feeling rather that write it off or run away from it. Noticing asks that we dig in rather than dismiss. Noticing wants us to really live rather than let the moments pass us by.

If I were to look around my office right this minute, here’s what I’d notice:

• It’s 6 a.m. on a Sunday morning. I notice my belief that I should be sleeping rather than writing this.

• I notice that my piles of paper are starting to take over my desk in such a way that you might not even notice that I had a desk.