Attention.............

Word of the Day............... Attention.....n.,....the act or state of applying the mind to something. Pay attention.....this might be important! Think for a moment about to what or whom you pay attention.......because most assuredly this speaks volumes about your life. I'm waiting......again................okay, let's list some very common Attention Getters. Our list might include our families, our friends, our jobs, our commitments to others, our financial obligations. I'm liking those. How you handle the above does indeed say something about your moral code. If you shirk your responsibilities on any of them, then you do need to reprogram your attention. Hmmmmmmmmmmm.....we pay attention to books, movies, how our favorite sports teams are doing. These are all fun things and part of what makes life entertaining.....not to say your financial obligations aren't a barrel of laughs too....:))). I love to read and my TBR pile of books always is getting my attention.....maybe at times to distraction. And of course whenever the Burnt Orange and White take the field of any competition....well the dog, cat and husband usually go to the other end of the house due to cheers and jeers. So, okay, we can cut out a time slot for those entertaining things that draw our attention. Fun things, enjoyable things, and responsible things.....we are getting there. Here's the rub (you KNEW there would be one...didn't you)....do you pay attention to the homeless? Do you pay attention to the child in your town who never has enough to eat? Do you pay attention to the elderly person on your block who's kitchen light has been out for weeks, and they have no one to climb a ladder to replace the bulb? Do you pay attention to single mom/dad who is struggling to get her/his kids fed,clothed and to school? Do you pay attention to little details of people's lives who aren't in your BIG PICTURE, but to whom life is just darn hard? Do you open doors for others, push grocery carts back to their holders, pick up random trash on the sidewalk, say please and thank you, randomly smile at a stranger? Little things my friends......little to you, but possibly huge to someone else. I applaud you for paying attention to your responsibilities......I hope you have some entertaining things to take up part of your attention. But I also CHALLENGE you to just once a day.....pay attention to something new......something small.....something that might just make someone else's day. Have a good one Guys and Dolls...and while your at it....help someone else have a good one too!