Paying attention

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We live in a time of tremendous noise and distraction. All the world seems to have gone mad. It has, hasn’t it? Yes, and no.

It depends on what you’re looking at.

Every morning is still glorious. All of nature still does its amazing thing. Birds still call out the rising of the sun. Whales still leap from the depths and seem to hang in the air for a moment. Dolphins smile and surf the waves. Water sparkles, catching the light of the sun’s rays. 

New life springs forth in the northern hemisphere and autumn leaves fall in the south. Seasons come and go. The world tracks around the sun. People fall in love and children are born to us. None of that has changed.

So what are we paying attention to?

I’m not saying to ignore the events of the world. There’s a lot going on and it’s important not to be ignorant… What I’m saying is that when we pay attention to darkness, more than to light, it impacts us badly.

Our own light dims. Our ability to smile at children diminishes. We have to force it. It feels more like a grimace. You know what I’m talking about?

When we were children, all our light shone for all the world to see. We didn’t fake it, we loved it! As we grow older, it can be easy to lose sight of the light. Bad things happen to us. We do bad things ourselves.

The way back?

It reminds me of an old Irish joke. A young man visiting Dublin for the first time, enquires from a local the directions to a famous landmark. “Ahh…,” replies the local, “now that all depends on where you start from.”

Start from where you are. Pay more attention to things that are beautiful and true.

 
“… whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”  ~ Philippians 4:8

 


 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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