Where's your Focus?

I lack all athletic ability. I love to play sports, I'm just not good at them. Any of them. Sometimes I am amazed that I can walk upright. My husband used to make so much fun of me because I'd just walk right into a wall when trying to go through a door. And no, I'm not blind. My daughter is the same way. She does the same things. Always running into things. And she has perfect vision. So I started anylizing myself to try to figure out whay I was this way...this is what I discovered.

FOCUS. When a track star is running hurdles, he's not focusing on the hurdles he is jumping, he's focusing on the next one. If he's looking at the one he's on, he'll stumble and fall. A balance beam is the same way. If you are not looking ahead, but down at your feet, you will fall. And if yoiu watch your feet while you are dancing, you will mis-step.

Life is the same way. I figured out that I don't look at what's in front of me, I'll run into the wall. I was confused and unfocused about the turmoil in my life and so I couldn't focus on what was in front of me. When I got put in the position that I had to focus, I quit walking into walls and falling over things. When I got to the point that I had to stop being selfish and think about someone else, my focus was ahead of me. Not on me.

So now, when I am faced with a problem and start running into walls, I stop and quit focusing on me. I re-evaluate and pick my head up and look forward. It is then, and only then, that I can focus on what's ahead.

So let me ask you...Are you running into walls? Falling over things? Having a bad day? Where is your focus? Look up. Look away from yourself and look forward. Find your focus and walk forward, my friends.