Quotes about Focus

As long as we are in this life, whenever we foolishly turn our attention to those we deem not to be on a spiritual path, our Lord God tenderly touches us and blessedly calls to us, speaking to our souls: Let me be the only object of your attention, my beloved child. Focus on me alone, for I am enough for you. Rejoice in your savior and your salvation.

If you're lucky enough to be able to have therapy -- because I know it's very privileged -- it gets rid of so much garbage and enables you to focus on what's important. When I first went into analysis, my mother was absolutely horrified. She thought I'd be a loony!

Lifting your eyes from the things of this world is an activity that must begin WHERE YOU ARE.

Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.

Martha, seeking to serve the Lord according to her own thoughts, was distracted and diverted. The

When we give anything more priority than we give to God, we commit idolatry. Thus we all commit idolatry countless times every day.

I have always been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted; then I realized that the interruptions were my work.

Our individual as well as communal lives are so deeply molded by our worries about tomorrow that today hardly can be experienced.

However, if I were to let my life be taken over by what is urgent, I might very well never get around to what is essential. It's so easy to spend your whole time being preoccupied with urgent matters and never starting to live, really live.

When we worry, we have our hearts in the wrong place. Jesus asks us to move our hearts to the center, where all other things fall into place.

Distractions mean that we are being pulled into the past or into the future. That is what a distraction is. We start thinking about what happened yesterday or what is happening tomorrow. Distractions mean we are not yet fully here. We are not fully present yet.

Setting our hearts on something involves not only serious aspiration but also strong determination. A spiritual life requires human effort. The forces that keep pulling us back into a worry-filled life are far from easy to overcome.