Take a Moment…

looking at the sky, originally uploaded by *cinzia*.

I saw the movie “The Last Station” over the weekend, and it was absolutely beautiful. It got me obsessed with everything Tolstoy and I’ve spent the days since looking up quotes by him, stories and voraciously reading Anna Karenina, so I can move on to War and Peace.

I love this quote by him:

In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

How many days do you spend staring at your computer, papers, and phones without stopping to notice all the wonderful things going on around you? This is an excellent reminder to take a break, look up from our work and admire the colors, scents, textures, people, nature everywhere. It’s easy to get wrapped up and focused on your work, but life’s too short to not take a break once in awhile and “get distracted.”