I Like People Who Take Care Of The Details

A wise heart feeds on small details, which are made up of genuine care, love and dedication. These details are worth more than money and don’t ask for anything in return. Because… we have to admit, it ‘s amazing how the simplest details have the power to completely change a day that dawned gray. A hug, a smile, a “good morning”, a “take care” transform our day.

Anyone who admires Impressionism will undoubtedly know Monet’s famous work “Impression, rising sun”. This painting, which gave its name to the revolutionary art movement in 1874, draws attention for its free, fast, and even disordered brushstrokes. The image seen up close makes no sense, everything looks confused and even chaotic; however, the magical feel of the work appears when the viewer walks away from the work.

Each brushstroke, each detail of this magnificent painting acquires importance until it configures an atmosphere almost in motion, a dawn where the sun seems to explode in the calm waters of the sea. Each brushstroke brings light, humidity, contrast, vaporization, boats in the background and the sharpness of the sky surface blending with the serenity of the water.

There are hundreds of precise details, delicately studied, giving life to a work. Something very similar happens in our daily lives: it’s those little attentions that others pay to us… the words, preferences, special moments. Together, these little details that come out of the heart also shape the light that feeds and guides us. It is our vital canvas on which we build a true and meaningful reality.

To appreciate the details we need a willing heart.

The magic exists. You don’t have to look for it in a high-end cell phone, in the series that will debut on Netflix, or in the pleasure of saving enough money to buy a new car, to travel or buy a computer from that famous brand. At least, it’s not necessarily found in these places. The real beauty is hidden in the everyday details that are often surprising.

For example, a spider’s web at dawn goes from being dark to adorning itself with small dewdrops and becoming a fascinating natural spectacle. A child who listens in awe to his father as he tells a story, or two people who meet for the first time on the subway and smile when they realize they are both reading the same book, are other examples of those daily details that we sometimes witness. They are nuances of our reality that inspire us and stay in our memory.

To be receptive to all these details of everyday life, we must be fully connected to the present moment. We spoke at the beginning of Claude Monet. This painter, like many others, certainly spent hours admiring nature: the fields of flowers at dusk, the sunset, the water lilies in a pond…

This connection to what is happening around us is something we are certainly missing. We live in a society rich in stimuli, where little is observed and a lot is shared, where the detail loses its importance because what counts is the impact, the fast news and the “clickbait”.

On the other hand, and as an interesting detail, we can say that the thalamus is the structure that allows us to apply an adequate attention filter when we observe something. It is an area of ​​the brain associated with consciousness.

Therefore, we can say that a good way to expand our awareness has to do with manifesting a receptive attitude ; expanding this wise and curious look, guided by emotions, is able to appreciate the beauties that we can observe in nature and in our social world through interactions.

The detail-oriented people: those who give us good times, not things

Scientists at the University of Rochester conducted a study a few years ago that was published in the journal “Current Biology”, where it was concluded that detail-oriented people are smarter. His natural method of observation focuses on small aspects of reality that not everyone notices, nuances that not everyone notices. On the other hand, we can say that highly sensitive people (PAS) also have this ability.

Given all this, we can conclude that people who appreciate details are also those who know how to take care of and please other people. They are people who do us good, make us happy and are always willing to learn and teach. Those who are able to attend to these small aspects that make up the fabric that give meaning to relationships, where there is respect, recognition and appreciation for this bond, build stronger and happier bonds. There is love in the little details and those little things sustain a relationship. How comforting it is when someone takes us by the hand and says “it’s going to be okay”!

Knowing how to give gifts with happy moments and not interchangeable objects is an art. With them we put a brushstroke of light at the right moment, choosing the right color at the right moment. We should all invest time and effort in this task to build more authentic relationships…