Choosing to Focus On Our Present Surroundings (TMF:1097)

Tuesday, April 02, 2019
Peace to Live By: Choosing to Focus On Our Present Surroundings (TMF:1097) - Daniel Litton
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       Another thing to consider is that not only can we choose to think on good thoughts, but we can even choose to focus on our present surroundings. Again, for the person who has trouble with an undisciplined mind, that same person can find he or she has trouble with a wandering mind. A person who’s mind wanders is one who doesn’t choose to focus on the present when necessary or appropriate. Like, for instance, you may be having a conversation with a person, and you find yourself thinking about something else while the other person is talking. You are thinking about what you need to do later in the day, or something going on in the news—whatever it is—you are thinking about something else rather than what the person talking is saying. And we all struggle with this to an extent. But our goal needs to be to focus our thoughts on what the person is saying, and on caring about that individual. And there are many life situations where we can fail to focus on the present, on what is going on in the moment, to our disadvantage. A problem many of us face is that we think about tomorrow, or days after tomorrow, when we should be focused on today.