🖤 Nothing Becomes Ordinary Until We Stop Noticing 🔥
- Em
- Aug 16
- 1 min read
One of the unexpected gifts of communicating with animals is that they rarely answer the question you think you've asked.
You ask about food...
...and receive a lesson about gratitude.
You ask about healing...
...and discover something about relationships.
You ask a Senegal parrot what is important in life...
...and suddenly you're questioning the way you've lived for decades.
That was Frikkie.
When I asked him what mattered most, he didn't list favourite foods or toys.
Instead, he explained that when something is truly important to us, every experience becomes richer.
The same meal can taste different.
The same walk can reveal something new.
The same conversation can deepen.
Nothing has to change...
except our attention.
Throughout the session I noticed something remarkable.
Frikkie wasn't simply curious.
He delighted in curiosity.
He wanted people to explain what they were doing.
Not because he couldn't survive without knowing...
but because understanding the world brought him joy.
He savoured ideas the same way he savoured pineapple...
Slowly.
Completely.
With genuine appreciation.
It made me wonder how often we rush through life believing we've already seen everything.
How many sunsets become "just another sunset"?
How many conversations become routine?
How many people become familiar enough that we stop really seeing them?
Perhaps wonder isn't reserved for children.
Perhaps wonder is simply what happens when we pay attention again.
Frikkie reminded me that life never actually becomes ordinary.
Only our attention does.
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