Tag: attention

What is the Center of Your Attention?

January 24, 2014 | 20 comments

What do you pay more attention to during the day—God or the body? Hmmm…I mean honestly…count the minutes, the hours that are absorbed by body-thoughts versus God-thoughts. The cleaning, bathing, grooming, feeding, eating, clothing, sleeping, stretching minutes and hours are

Dating and Sex

January 3, 2014 | 29 comments

The subject comes up frequently in my work. A woman preparing for a date with a new guy she met wonders out loud how soon sex is okay. If she likes the guy, are sexual relations alright on the second

The Power of Attention

September 30, 2013 | 2 comments

Here’s an 8 minute TED talk worth watching. Apollo Robbins is a world famous pickpocket, and he shares in this video part of what makes him so successful. He says that it comes down to attention. Directing, misdirecting, manipulating and

The bane of subtle distraction

September 20, 2013 | 6 comments

I was practicing with my men’s doubles tennis team in Howard Amon Park a few weeks ago, and I learned a valuable lesson about not letting one’s thought get subtly distracted. The park is located on the bank of the

Use the tool correctly

October 22, 2012 | 7 comments

I had a chainsaw in the garage to saw down an unwanted cottonwood tree on the backside of our property. My wife took the saw’s chain in for sharpening, and I had to put it back on the saw before I