Sometimes during the day, I consciously focus on some ordinary object and allow myself a momentary "paying-attention. " … - Robert Fulghum

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Greeting cards routinely tell us everybody deserves love. No. Everybody deserves clean water. Not everybody deserves love all the time.

Robert Fulghum

Sometimes during the day, I consciously focus on some ordinary object and allow myself a momentary "paying-attention. " This paying-attention gives meaning to my life. I don't know who it was, but someone said that careful attention paid to anything is a window into the universe. Pausing to think this way, even for a brief moment, is very important. It gives quality to my day.

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