Focus

Some say good readers make good writers…. I agree, and I also think a love of words is primary. Sometimes it’s the words we can’t speak, that we are compelled to write. Sometimes we have to learn to sequester the words until they are on the page.

It is also helpful to have the ability to sequester the self, to pull back within yourself, to focus, even in a room full of people or surrounded by chaos. Pulling into ourselves we can create a whole new world, find the story, hear the words, let them congeal on the page.

I go through periods when my concentration is not at it’s best, when I feel I need quiet in order to find that world, to concentrate and to write. There are other times, when the things around me don’t bother the ability to concentrate–to change my focus. We’re no longer concentrating on what our friend is saying or the TV is spouting, or where we are, we’ve pulled our focus in to that other world,

In this time of: TV, ipod, work, kids, friends, so much to do. We feel good about being able to multi-task, and find our selves bragging about being able to do so. I agree, I think multi-tasking is a good skill to employ at times. However, the ability to focus, to concentrate on just one thing, loosing yourself in that inner space, is one of our greatest resources, and in this culture often an underestimated asset.

So, put your worries and everything else aside, and step into your mind, go flying, or mountain climbing or step through that door into…….a whole new world.