Tune In to Tune Up

When you pause long enough to truly see, even a flower at dusk can speak. Explore what beauty reveals when you're willing to simply be present.

May 27, 2025

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“Still—in a way—nobody sees a flower—really—it is so small—we haven't the time—and to see takes time like to have a friend takes time.”

—Georgia O'Keeffe

There’s a flower that caught my eye at sunset. The afternoon light was incredible, and there it was, doing its glorious thing of simply be-ing.

I ran for my iPhone, zoomed in, and clicked.

Later, after I’d uploaded the image, I saw that it wasn’t just a single flower anymore. Hiding in plain sight was a crinkled vine, shaped like an ampersand, and the dark leaves mixed in with the light ones—sibling buds at different stages of growth. All of it together, with the flower petals against the backdrop of the late afternoon sky, took my breath away.

Who doesn’t love being stunned awake by beauty when you least expect it?

The camera helps. And the willingness to slow down and detach from outcomes.

There’s a lot of magic out there just waiting for us to sense it. And, as Georgia O’Keeffe already reminds us, “to see takes time.”

What do you notice right now that you hadn’t noticed before? If you look more closely, what is it saying?

What does it reveal about you? 1

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Tune in with us to tune up — A journey in sensing

What you just read is from “Tune In to Tune Up,” Chapter 21 of my book, A Year for You* — which kicks off the third step to spaciousness: sensing.

It is just a small preview of the next 10 weeks

where we’ll explore the role of our six senses — sight, taste, touch, smell, hearing, and inner knowing to…

cultivate “beginner’s mind”
clear what is holding us back
discover what is calling us forward

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The real show is happening right in front of us.

Why miss it when we don’t have to?

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Here’s how to play:

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get a copy of A Year for You, if you can, and read the introduction. [The book is your resource guide to these five steps to spaciousness that we’ve been cultivating this year.]

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