Have you ever felt

L    E    S    S ?

Have you ever felt

as if you just could get comfortable

for just more than a few seconds,

that your life would take on a different

 S       H       A       P       E ?

Easy for what you wish for.        .        .

There’s probably nothing that a Study hasn’t been done.        .        .

EVEN AMOEBA’S.           .           .

A few years back there was a study done by Researchers at the University of California, Berkley.

The Researchers did an experiment that involved

a   l o n e l y   Amoeba

and placing it into a perfectly stress-free environment.       .       .

It was absolutely

P      E      R      F      E      C      T !

Ideal temperature
Optimal concentration of moisture
Constant Food Supply

P        E        R        F        E        C        T !

The Amoeba had an environment where literally,

there were absolutely no adjustments to be made or compensated for whatsoever.

It’s kind of easy to assume, isn’t it,

that this was one happy little  A m o e b a .       .       .

Whatever it is that gives Amoebas ulcers and high blood pressure was gone–

A      B      S      E      N      T

And.         .         .and here comes the funny,

no, the scary part:

I  T      D  I  E  D  !

The study,

which was run over and over again, hypothesized.      .      .

PROVED  apparently there is something about all living creatures,

AMOEBAS included, that demands

C      H      A      L      L      E      N      G      E !

We.        .        .ohhhhhh nooooooooooo,

seemingly require CHANGE.

We require V A R I E T Y.       .       .

Adaptation and Challenge are just as necessary as food and air.

GET THIS:

Comfort all by itself

A Stress-free atmosphere

Total Ideal Conditions over a long,

sustained period of time

are  D   E   A   D   L   Y !

Is   it   true?

Or is it just

Amoeba-related?

Maybe the whole deal of

B       E       I       N       G

thriving,

living creatures

is that we need

Change
Alteration
Variety
Action
Stimulation
Modification

Real, live, day-to-day consequences.             .             .

L I F E.        .        .

We are living,

walking,

breathing

C h e m i s t r y   sets that prove we need

C            H            A            N            G            E

to remain the same to continue to grow under the not-so-noticable Microscope called the World’s eye.

Maybe.      .      .maybe it really is true:

We are quite the

P     R     O     J     E     C     T

(ALWAYS ONGOING.        .        .and THRIVING because of it)

BEWARE OF THE LONELY AMOEBA–

it’s deadly!

Hmmmmmmmm of the Day:

THE   ONLY   THING   CONSTANT   IS   CHANGE

is  actually  a  HEALTHY  THING!

Do  you l ike

C         H         A         N         G        E  ?    

Pssssssst.      .      .

Check yourself–l i t e r a l l y–

even at this very nano-second

you’re changing cell by cell !

Can’t feel a thing, huh.      .      .      ?

or,  c a n    y o u ?

T W E N T Y     S E C O N D S

What can you do in just a mere

T W E N T Y       S E C O N D S  

Micro-Meditate

Stretch

Deep Breathe

Order a Meal

Add a few songs from a Spotify Playlist

Gift someone an Album

Donate to a Charity

Get a mini work out in

Book a Cleaning

Boost your mood by reading an inspirational quote

Set a Tiny goal

Pay your credit card bill

Find a restaurant and book a reservation

Schedule a hair appointment

Change your Facebook relationship status

Send an Error report

Check in on your sleep quality

Take and upload a Selfie

Text Anyone

Set a fantasy football lineup

Update our to-do list

Order alcohol to your front door with an app

TELL    IF    SOMEONE    IS    COMPASSIONATE

in  just  a  mere

T W E N T Y        S E C O N D S

Pssssssssssst:

Someone can actually tell in a mere twenty seconds

if you are really

C  o  m  p  a  s  s  i  o  n  a  t  e

According to a new study out of the University of California, Berkley, a person can in

t w e n t y     s e c o n d s

tell if you are a compassionate person

by the way you have more open body language

eye contact

head nods

and  smiling.

Imagine walking into a lab

and are shown a series of 20-second video clips

In each clip, a different person is listening to someone else speaking.

You can’t  hear the conversation,

there’s no sound to the clip

but you’re told that the speaker is talking  a time

when he or she suffered.   .   .

S      E      R      I      O      U      S      L      Y

Do you listen with your whole body?

(Literally, turn your whole body towards the person who’s speaking to you)

Do you make soft eye contact?

(Literally, not staring a person down but looking at a person full in their face; eyes, mouth, forehead)

Do you offer simple connecting gestures?

(Literally, smiling, nodding your head, and ‘uh-huh-ing’ without interrupting the speaker)

These three simple steps, the researchers tell us,

are simple but not always easy to do

when we’re distracted, busy or stressed out ourselves.

It takes just a mere

T W E N T Y        S E C O N D S

and it’s a great reminder that there’s no

wait time

not even a second

for compassion to spontaneously arise.

When we have the

i    n    t    e    n    t    i    o    n

to experience

and offer

c o m p a s s i o n

we can make choices–even small ones

like how to make eye contact

that can lead to

authentic compassion

The Ba-Zillion Dollar Question:

W  I  L  L       Y  O  U  ?

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