Focus

Matthew 6:33
33 Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.

Quotes

“It is not necessary to react to everything you notice.” — Anonymous

“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” — Bruce Lee

“I don’t care how much power, brilliance or energy you have, if you don’t harness it and focus it on a specific target, and hold it there you’re never going to accomplish as much as your ability warrants.” — Zig Ziglar

“That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.” — Steve Jobs

“It is wise to direct your anger towards problems – not people; to focus your energies on answers – not excuses.” — William Arthur Ward

Reflection

Focus is something that is missing for much our culture. With the advent of social media and other aspects of our ever changing technological landscape, we've lost our attention span at a rapid pace. I'm no stranger to this epidemic. I can honestly say for the first 23 years of my life I resembled this core value well and because of it, I was able to accomplish many things in areas of growth (school, sports, maturity). The noise of life wants to control the intention of my time, but I have to be courageous and diligent enough to remain focus.

I believe discernment is the product of rightly aligned focus. The more difficult issue with discernment isn't parsing through good and bad, but through better and best. That's where focus needs to be intensified, where our focus truly needs to be directed towards.