ATTENTION

I worry and I pray and I hope!


"We cry ourselves to sleep,
gratitude wits patiently to console and reassure us,
there is a landscape larger than we can see".
-Sarah Ban  Breathsach.

I am thankful for a sunny day.

Another story:

There was a man playing his violin at the Metro Station in Toronto on a cold January morning.  Most people just hurried by, a few gave him a coin or two but the children were fascinated and wanted to stop and listen but parents were always in a huge hurry.  No one applauded and no one recognized him as violinist Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world.  He played at the best theatres and people had to pay a big bucks hear his music.

Another story also true:

I met Gundy coming home from the store where she had bought some groceries but did not have her credit card to pay for them.  I talked with her for awhile and then suggested she looked where she had put groceries away with her mind not on what she was doing.  What a relief when she found her card

I know I can do things without paying attention to what I am doing..

I was late getting to the sale at the church and volunteered to stay and help them clear up.  They insisted I leave.  I was feeling very weary and maybe I looked it.  I had one of those days you do not even bother to look in the mirror.

Dad is coughing a lot so I may not watch the game with him.

"To attend the inner meaning of another's experience it is important to pay complete attention."
-William James

(They tried their best but the best team won!  !  !  )