"Pay attention!" sounds like the voice of an elementary school teacher to an unruly class. But "pay attention" can be the way into your spiritual life. "Pay attention" can be the words you use to bring yourself into the moment, and into what is really happening in your life, what is really important.
"Pay attention" invites you to pay less attention to the harsh critic that lives inside so many of us. Let's face it - we often cannot give ourselves a break! The harsh critic makes for a difficult world - a world where we blame others and find it hard to forgive others because we cannot forgive ourselves. Instead of judging everything you do, simply "pay attention" to yourself, to your thoughts, to your actions, to your feelings. Notice how you respond today.
When we don't "pay attention," we live our lives unconsciously. The spiritual life invites us to be conscious of our own actions and reactions to life. When we live life in an un-conscious way, we harm ourselves and others. When we are conscious, we become aware that we have choices, in every moment. When we "pay attention," we slow down our reaction time and we learn to respond, rather than to react. We can choose to be kind instead of harsh, we can choose to be sad instead of angry. The choices are endless.
And the choices begin when you "pay attention!"
Warmly,
meb
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