Attention Moves in Layers

Glance at the sun. See the moon and the stars. Gaze at the beauty of earth's greenings.

Hildegard asks us to shift the depth of our looking. A glance is quick, almost casual. Seeing requires a pause. Gazing is the slowest verb here, the one that stays. This morning, notice how your eye works differently at each speed. What changes when you stop rushing through the visible world? The light doesn't demand your intensity. It simply waits for you to arrive at the right pace.