On The Power Of Attention

Lori+Deschene

导读：身处现代社会的我们总是标榜自己很忙，因此理所当然地同时处理多个任务，却没有意识到，专心致志地做一件事有多么重要！

“Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.” -Jim Rohn

We all get busy. We have responsibilities to meet. We have coworkers and others expecting things from us. We have ambitions and goals， things we want to improve in ourselves and our lives. I believe that what we really want is to make a difference for other people. And yet， we often fail to make a difference for the people we know and love.

My mother gets out of work every day between 6：00 and 7：00， which is between 3：00 and 4：00 my time. She often calls me on her way home to catch up something I value since she lives so far away. And yet there have been times when Ive engaged in conversation with her while answering emails and Skype chatting on my computer.

Even though I work for myself and have clearly no reason to multi-task that call， I do it sometimes because I feel so busy with what Im doing that I dont want to stop. I have realized， however， that this not only creates a disconnection between us， it also makes the other things Im doing less likely to succeed.

In our modern world， full attention is a very valuable gift， and not just for the person who receives it. Its also a gift to us. It allows us to let go of everything thats flashing in our brains， like one too many messages， and fully immerse ourselves in the simplicity of a moment.

Today if you find yourself only half-listening or half-focusing， remember： Your attention is your most valuable gift， for other people and yourself.

Vocabulary

ambition n. 野心

be engaged in从事于，忙于

immerse in v. 全神贯注于，专心于

（Have you learned how great the power of attention is？）endprint