NOTICE - I was visiting a new town and started to walk around visiting stores to look at things but then I decided to go into a park and pray for God’s companionship.

RELEASE - I had to resist the urge to wander around looking fpr things rather than pause and pray.

RESPOND - God invited me to spend time developing our relationship through prayer and contemplation.

-Eric B.

NOTICE - I was watching people on the street when I noticed two people and how one of them put their personal items into the backpack of the other person for them to carry for them.

RELEASE - I had to let go of my thought that each person should carry their own things.

RESPOND - I was invited to see how the person carrying the items was helping the other person and it made me think of love our neghbor as we love ourselves.

-Anonymous

NOTICE - I was sitting in a coffee shop and the owner brought me a cup of water without havng to ask for it.

RELEASE - I had to recognize that the owner was not trying sell me something but was simply making sure that I was comfrotable in his shop.

RESPOND - To be more appreociative of the little things people do for you because they care about you.

-Douglas

NOTICE - I noticed the sacred at the airport when someone asked me for assistance in finding their terminal.

RELEASE - My suspicion of people.

RESPOND - I offered her help by describing how she could get to her terminal.

- Anonymous

NOTICE - Saw two people holding hands while walking down the street.

RELEASE - I had to slow down to see it.

RESPOND - I feel the need to slow down more often.

- Eric B.

NOTICE - A moment on my morning walk when the light broke through the branches and I stopped without knowing why.

RELEASE - The hurry. The list. The sense that I was already late for something.

RESPOND - To stay one more minute. Just that. One more minute of standing still.

Anonymous