F O C U S

Growing up and conducting day to day life, there are always people telling you to focus.

Pay Attention!!!
Get your head in the game!!

I always imagined some sort of white knuckled intensity. However, I also heard a lot about needing to be relaxed, loose, comfortable. The two seem quite contradictory. Relaxed has always had the connotation of being limp and apathetic. But I'm starting to see that I can be relaxed and focused. In fact, I would say that part of being focused is being relaxed. When my body is tense, it means I am already leaning a certain way. And if my mind is tense, it is already going off in a certain direction. But when both are relaxed, they are open. An open mind is one that takes everything in objectively. The situation is seen as cleary as possible. All preconceptions and bias are set aside and reality is granted the forefront. The focused mind and body are at the apex of agility and ready to move any direction one chooses.

I am finding that it takes quite a bit of time to get myself well focused, but the better focused I am, the longer it takes for me to lose it. I have the habit of always trying to see possibilities, however remote. But almost all situations come in ways that I don't forsee. I do my best when I don't worry so much about what MIGHT happen as concentrate on what IS happening. There are times to look ahead and search out possibilities, but it should be undertaken carefully as it usually comes at the expense of the present.

Trying to think back, I do my best focusing when I search myself out, attempt to see myself as I am, the good and the bad. I try to banish stray thoughts and endless tangents. Begone worries and hopes. Bills, work hassels, personal life, all out the window. It gets pretty tough. Always seems to be something that I should be doing. Especially in Colorado. The whole place (Front Range at least) seems to be addicted to being busy. For instance, my lunch break is about over and I need to get back to work. The whole idea of being focused is kind of taking on a new meaning for me. If anyone has any thoughts, you know what to do.