Invest your attention
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Invest your attention
You are always highly attentive to something. Though the
object of your attention may change quickly and often, at
any given moment your attention is focused on one particular
thing or another.<P>
You have the ability for long and consistent focus if you so
choose, and you also have the ability to go with the flow of
the moment. Both abilities can be extremely valuable in
their own ways.<P>
The important thing is that the object of your attention is
yours to decide. It cannot be forced upon you by anything
other than your own choice.<P>
Look back at the various ways you've spent your attention,
and consider what those choices have brought you. Use your
experience as a guide when you select where to invest your
attention in each moment.<P>
The possibilities available to you depend upon which
direction you look. Think of the kinds of places where
you've found real and lasting value in the past, and you'll
know where to look.<P>
There is enormous power in your attention, and you can
decide in each moment precisely where that power is
directed. Choose always to aim the power of your attention
so that it lifts you and your world higher and higher.<P>
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