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Attention is everything

Someone paired the above quote with a poem by Mary Oliver and the combination really hit home for me.

The Wisest Thing I Know
Ten times a day something happens to me like this –
some strengthening throb of amazement – some good sweet empathic ping and swell.
This is the first, the wildest and the wisest thing I know:
that the soul exists and is built entirely out of attentiveness.
-Mary Oliver

Many years ago at Science of Mind I learned another way of stating this powerful truth: Where attention goes, energy flows.

It makes sense to me that this is how we become (and how our soul-being is built) according to what we pay attention to.

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A humbling experience

I would never have guessed that receiving this much love, this much support, this much attention would be such a humbling experience.

But it is.

In fact, I’m beginning to think this is the first big lesson — test, even — of my health journey.

The fact is that I’m not all that comfortable with lots of attention. Of course, if I say that to someone, they’re surprised, because I’m obviously quite comfortable standing up in front of lots of people and performing.

But you see, when I’m performing, it’s not about me; it’s about the music and that makes all the difference.

So, I understand that a big part of my job right now is to focus on being open and receptive to the blessings that are pouring in from all sides.

I’m concentrating on breathing it all in and accepting that God really does love me this much.