Focus

I often compare how things in nature relate to principles that are persistently controlling or leading our lives.

One day as I was riding with a friend, I was staring out the window as the background flew by. I noticed that as you focus on those things close to you(i.e. mailboxes, sidewalk, telephone pole, etc.) the objects beyond that point seemed blurry. Then as you focused on the objects in the distance, the closer ones obviously became blurry, hard to see. All of us are pretty aware of this concept. It is simple: it is hard to focus on more than one thing at once. Unless, of course, the objects are at the same distance.

This made me think of how we should live our lives and what should be important to us. Our lives are full of priorities; many different things that have an equal or almost equal importance. Examples would be family, friends, school, job, etc. These priorities can be hard to juggle, especially if by focusing on one, you lose focus on the other. Let me give an example. You hold your family as very special, important to you. You live by strong values and principles when it comes to your parents, siblings, spouse and children. But if your friendships do not reflect the same type of principles of honesty, integrity and trust; certain aspects of other relationships will become blurry. Soon you will see the two integrate and you will possibly sacrifice the sanctity of your familial relationships.

The key here is to make sure all your relationships are at the same 'depth perception'. That way you can focus on one thing, and not lose focus on another. Establish the same principles in all entities of your life. You will find that life is much more simple to understand and correct decision-making becomes easier and conflicts decrease.