With the Eye on the Prize
In a TV interview, a newly elected Prime Minister revealed his secret to success.
He said that he learned a great deal from his training in the military. Part of the drills they were made to perform was to dive in deep water and retrieve a sunken brick. He said that to do it successfully, one needs to learn to focus on the goal and concentrate on the task. If one gets distracted by things happening in the periphery, one can never make it. The key is to have a general awareness of one’s surroundings but to focus entirely on the goal.
If our goal is the afterlife, why are we distracted by frivolous things in the periphery of our trajectory? We need to be aware of the events around us and take advantage of all opportunities that would allow us to achieve our goal, but the supreme focus must be on our brick at the bottom of the pool.
He said that he learned a great deal from his training in the military. Part of the drills they were made to perform was to dive in deep water and retrieve a sunken brick. He said that to do it successfully, one needs to learn to focus on the goal and concentrate on the task. If one gets distracted by things happening in the periphery, one can never make it. The key is to have a general awareness of one’s surroundings but to focus entirely on the goal.
If our goal is the afterlife, why are we distracted by frivolous things in the periphery of our trajectory? We need to be aware of the events around us and take advantage of all opportunities that would allow us to achieve our goal, but the supreme focus must be on our brick at the bottom of the pool.