Do You Focus on What is Important? Do you know What is Important?
Often we find
ourselves in a position of asking what am I supposed to focus on? How am I supposed to know what is the most
important? Is There Anything More
Important than anything else? We can
find ourselves wondering if we are really spending the commodity of our time
wisely as the distractions of life take the urgency of our focus from
experience to experience.
Life can truly become overfull with to do lists that we
never get to focus on what we love, what we have passion for. We find ourselves running on autopilot.
The adventure we began on turns a corner which takes us down
a road with ruts. We may see the vivid
gardens of our dreams but we cannot seem to climb out of the rut of
autopilot. The joys and passion for life
begins to ebb out and the river of life begins to recede. It can even seem as though it is normal. We can begin to rationalize and justify as we
see others around us on the same well-trodden path. The path can even feel as though it is going
somewhere someday if we persist. A false
sense of its ok settles in.
Turning Off the Autopilot
Everyday, every moment is giving birth to a
new experience whether we notice it or not.
We begin to see the moments with a new perspective when we take back the
steering wheel of our own destiny. If we
remain on autopilot, we stop paying attention to these experiences and crisis
begins to occur. Crisis in our health,
our relationships, our business life, and even our spirits.
What we need to do is notice what is going on
in our life. To really “see” the importance of the lives around us we have to
focus upon our own powerful experiences.
Focusing Skills
So how do we focus? How do we know what to focus on? Focus allows us to become aware of the
experience of life and all it is birthing around us. We can experience the sense of what is
coming, what doors are opening and which ones are closing. We can shift our attention from the outside
world to the inside world. Inward focus
allows us to begin to see our destiny, the real reason we are here, and what
our mission in the world is. When we
practice focus we can know our personal mission statement.
He stared out at the ocean and said, "Look at the view, young
lady. Look at the view."
And every day, in some little way, I try to do what he said. I try
to look at the view. That's all. Words of wisdom from a man with not a dime in
his pocket, no place to go, nowhere to be. Look at the view. When I do what he
said, I am never disappointed.Anna Quindlen in A Short Guide to a Happy Life
Focus Breathing Exercise
Use the
following breathing exercise to become aware of your focus in any moment.
Breathing
in: Remain here, mind . . .
Breathing out: And keep awake with me.
Imagery Focus Exercise
Look around the room you
are in taking notice of what you see. Then
close your eyes. Breathe out three long, slow exhalations. With your eyes
closed look around the room with
your minds eyes. What do you see?
Breathe out one time. Now
focus on one object in the room. It can be large or small. Follow your gaze to
this object, seeing the blessings flowing along the beam of your attention.
Then open your eyes. Take note of what
you noticed both with your eyes before, during the visualization and after to
see if they are the same or did the imagery exercise brings new perspectives.
Practice Focus
Carry a small notebook with
you and try to notice five things each day to write down that you had not
noticed before or that you experience as pure joy.
The quality of one's
life depends on the quality of attention. Whatever you pay attention to will
grow more important in your life. — Deepak Chopra in Ageless Body, Timeless Mind
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