DO YOU PAY ATTENTION OR NOT? CHANGING YOUR LIFE WITH WORDS - DAY 145

Are you going through life on auto-pilot?  Are you paying attention to everything around you?  Are you paying attention to all the people who cross your path each day?  Do you really pay attention to your spouse or your children?  Do you know anything that is interesting about your neighborhood, your town or city, your state, your region or your country?  Do you know all of the types of jobs or hobbies that are available to you?

Part of the reason young children and teens get bored and into trouble is because they have no idea what is around them or who is around them.  Marriages fall apart sometimes because one or both just get bored so they blame the other person rather than realizing that they themselves might be boring since they are not paying attention to life.  Some individuals suffer from terrible loneliness because they do not pay attention or take advantage of life.

Do yourself a huge favor and:

EXPLORE LIFE!

DO YOU PAY CLOSE ATTENTION? CHANGING YOUR LIFE WITH WORDS - DAY 54

So much of what is happening all around us today makes me think that many people are not paying close attention to anything except gossip, celebrities, and fashion.  People are careless about what they do, what they say, and whom they hurt.  If everyone took just the first step toward paying attention, I believe things could and would be quite different and much better.

The first step is today's message:

BE MINDFUL!