It’s so easy to be distracted. When I was young, I would concentrate on one thing to the almost absolute exclusion of another. I ate one item at a time on my plate. If I was reading, the house could fall down around me without my noticing.
As I grew older, more people took control of my life and demanded my attention. I had no problem in the classroom, for I found studying to be interested. However, I could be a bit absent minded, pulling my childhood tendencies right along behind me in a little red wagon.
Older still, I started to view my focus in a more philosophical sense, learning the value of the moment in a more intellectual way. Ironic that, because where I had just come from was what I was now seeking, I just didn’t realize it. Besides, I had to make a living now!
Well, I’ve pretty much come full circle, but this time for biological reasons. It used to be overly concentrating on a single thing that cost me the big picture at the same time it amped up my focus. Now, the cause is from the other end of the telescope. I am in the moment simply because I forget other things. Welcome to living as a sexagenarian.
Yesterday, a customer asked me to do something for them at the end of the day because he was going to a ballgame. I didn’t get too busy to do it. I didn’t avoid it because I didn’t want to do it. No … I simply forgot to do it!
Oh, well. As long as I don’t forget to laugh!
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Making a living sure gets in the way of a lot of stuff.
ReplyDeleteHmm, is that what is called a "senior moment?"
ReplyDeleteblessings ~ maxi
Boy am I glad that I am not the only one who.....
ReplyDeleteWhat was I saying?
I sit at my computer before I get dressed in the AM. Get caught up in it & discover that I was FREEZING (in our cold house) & didn't know it. Takes a lot of coats to get my body heat back up.
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@shackman
ReplyDeleteYes it does!
@Maxi
ReplyDeleteAs near as I can remember, that's what they call it.
@Grannymar
ReplyDeleteDidn't I go to high school with you in Abilene?
Fossie, someone thinks so! :) I only wish we had been class mates.
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ReplyDeleteSounds like we are birds of a feather! I can do stuff like that all the time.
At least you are focusing on what is most important!
ReplyDelete@Delirious
ReplyDeleteWe can always hope!
TOF if you think that you are having problems at your relatively young age, wait till you reach mine. In the meanwhile, enjoy the scenery. At my age you will forget the little red wagon and the SUV too.
ReplyDelete@Rummuser
ReplyDeleteAging is one of those "play it as it lays" situations ... and pay attention.
@Grannymar
ReplyDeleteYou never know how that would have gone, LOL! What a Midwestern Managerie we were and you see us as we have ripened over the years. I mean, what would the world be like if you had married Mayo????
Good Lord TOF, what a thought! Worth a post there Grannymar.
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