attention to the moment

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" One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach, one

can collect only a few.”--Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Our lives are a series of selections. We select projects to do,

activities to participate in, friendships to cultivate. And

often we'll have to forego some of the selections we've

made because time and energy run out. Full commitment,

total involvement with singular activities and few

friendships, is far better than partial attention to many.

Rapt attention to the moment and all of whatever it

contains enriches our lives; nothing less than full attention

can do so.

The talents we each have been blessed with can only be

developed if we use them fully to benefit the lives of others

as well as our own. Thus, when our selections are vast, our

attention is sporadic and our talents aren't fully developed.

The fullness of our lives individually and collectively is

proportionate to the depth of the relationships developed

between ourselves, our friends, and our activities.

I can't be everywhere today. Nor can I attend to the needs

of everybody I meet. I will carefully choose where to give

my attention and then offer it totally.