There’s a scene in the movie, Throw Momma from the Train when one of the characters gets a loud trumpet to her ear while sleeping, then she wakes up and says, “I had a dream that Louis Armstrong was trying to kill me.” I’ve often repeated this line to myself (or to one of my kids) when I feel like I’ve been asleep to some truth about myself or the world around me, and have just roused myself from some kind of metaphorical slumber, the shockingness of it being akin to a trumpet in the ear.
This mindfulness snacks is not an exercise per se, but more of a call to action to wake yourself up. Notice something ordinary about your day, then let it reverberate in such a way that you see it in a whole new light.
Photo by JustJash (aka Joshua Grafstein)