Have you ever noticed how many people wander around with their head and eyes down? It’s incredible what they may be missing simply because their eyes are down. Possibly they’re having a bad day. Chances are they are stressed about everything they have to get done. Perhaps they’re worried about all the things that are uncertain in their life. Whatever the reason, there is so much out there to enjoy, be grateful for, and to be inspired by. All you have to do to see it, right in front of you, is just simply lift your eyes.

I have just had a wonderful trip to Albury, on the New South Wales and Victorian border. I was honoured to speak to an incredible group of people on Thursday, and as I was driving back to Melbourne, I was feeling light and inspired. On the Thursday morning I got up in Albury to do some exercise, as I do every day. I walked out of the hotel, with no idea where the best place for exercise would be. I turned right, I lifted my eyes, and I saw a beautiful white monument upon a hill. It didn’t look too high or too far away, so I headed towards it.

Well, it was further and higher than I thought! By the time I finally struggled my way to the top, my chest was heaving, my lungs were bursting, my legs were heavy, and I was exhausted. I was bent over, looking down and trying to catch my breath. When I finally stood up and lifted my eyes, I was presented with the most incredible view around Albury and beyond. I stood there for a few minutes just enjoying and being grateful for the incredible landscape I had found myself in. At that moment, something inside moved me to lift my eyes again, and up in the tree were two kookaburras.

For people who live in country Australia, kookaburras are not a big deal, they are commonplace. For a city slicker like myself, however, it’s a very different story. I was so excited that I felt I needed to point them out to every person who walked past. They looked up, shrugged their shoulders, and kept going because for them it was no big deal. For me, it was a very big deal. I’m so grateful I actually stopped and lifted my eyes to see what was around this beautiful country. My question to you is, do you spend your time with your eyes down, or do you regularly lift your eyes up to experience the joy and beauty that is all around you?

This may not apply to you, but, I know in my life, I have missed so much because of spending so much time with my head down. Head down in my business, my problems, and in the stressors in my life. The result: I can’t even begin to tell you how much I have missed because my head was down, and I didn’t lift my eyes. So, let me ask you this, where are your eyes most of the time? Are they down and fixated on everything you’re trying to achieve, avoid, aspire to, or change? Or are they up looking at this beautiful world around you, and all the wonderful things happening that are there to enjoy?

When you take the time to lift your eyes you will see a world full of great people to connect with, collaborate with, support, and encourage you. When you raise your eyes, you will see beauty all around the incredible world you live in. As soon as you lift your head out of the mess and muck you may be experiencing, you will see solutions, ideas, and opportunities. The greatest things you will see when you lift your eyes include love, joy, gratitude, and peace. All this amazingness is available for you, if you stop, lift your eyes, and look at the abundance that is there waiting for you.

In my podcast this week called All you need is love, with Chris Freer, we discuss in detail the love, joy, and opportunities that are available to every person who lifts their eyes to really see themselves. There is no doubt about it, we live in a fast-paced world that seems to demand more and more of us every single day. It is so easy to get caught up in the busyness of life and lose sight of the most important things we have. Those things are free and readily available, and all you have to do to enjoy them in abundance is just lift your eyes.