What We Are Focusing On Needs Attention!
Most of us go through our daily lives not recognizing the power of focus. If we're listening to the news, and something catches us, we focus on it. If we're standing in line and there's a grumpy patron in front of us, we tend to focus on them. If traffic is bad going to work, this tends to hold our focus for the entire commute. We focus there if Facebook, Twitter, or TikTok catches our eye. If our boss is in a bad mood, we complain to our co-workers and keep focusing on it. If our children are upset, we often focus on their upsets. When our children complain in the face of a blessed world full of fantastic opportunities, we focus on it. We engage what they have chosen to focus on because we don't realize we are teaching them to filter their lives. If chronic, this becomes the habitual filter through which they interpret the world. Our children will, without intervention, be vastly compromised in managing their attention unless we begin to make changes. Th
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