Paying Attention

I have noticed something quite worrisome as of late. No one pays attention. There seems to be too much information coming at us each day and to be honest, we are all narcisistic so we have little attention span for worthwhile things unless we are convinced they are about us.

The email that you receive but don't read. The article you skim without absorbing (that's me). The conversation you can't track with because your mind is across the room. Noise upon noise and we don't know how to listen right, hear what is said or read what is written. (Knowing this I realize the slim chance anyone will read this!)

Then reading a book on Missions by Andy Johnson I came across this gem:

"I once rented a vacation apartment on the sixth floor of a building with no elevator. The owner had been very clear in every email, stating, "This apartment is on the sixth floor and there is no elevator." Still, the significance of her disclosure didn't really hit me until I was panting on the fifth-floor landing, hauling suitcase number two of three up the winding stairs. Yet, as I stood there trying to remember the symptoms of a heart attack, I couldn't feel angry toward the owner. She had been up-front about it, all along. I should have paid more attention."

Oh man, this is good. We all have stories like this because we don't pay enough attention.

Think about it. Awaken to what's important. And please pay attention!