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 %FOCUS POSSIBLE IDEAL VALUE EXCLUSIVE RANGE OBJECT 921025

     There are  more "dead" objects in the  universe  upon
which  we  might  focus our attention than we  have  time,
energy  and  resources  to do.  Even without  the  aid  of
microscopes  and  telescopes  which expand the  number  of
objects upon which we might  focus  our  attention (in the
world of  the unimaginably ultra-small and in the world of
astronomical universe of  the unimaginably ultra-large and
ancient);   there  are too many "dead"  objects for us  to
focus even a tiny amount of time upon each of them.

     Even  in the realm of "live"  creatures here on  tiny
planet  earth there are more "live"  things upon which  we
might  focus  our attention than we  can  individually  or
collectively focus our attention.

     We  may choose to focus our attention primarily  upon
some limited range of possibilities:

     the past, the present, the future;

     the  imagined,   the  feared,  the  hoped  for,   the
regretted, the nostalgic;

     the imperfect, the perfect, the ideal, the flaws;
conflicts, tranquility, winning, losing, winners, losers;
etc.

     No matter  in terms  of what guidance, we  inevitably
focus our attention in  some  ways which  exclude from our
attention  much  else  upon  which  we  might  focus  more
attention.

     It is important to be careful not to exclude from our
focus  matters  which are essential to  our  personal  and
communal integrity.

     Exclusivity can be deadly  in ways which fail to come
into  focus  until it is too late for  us  to  effectively
correct our mistaken exclusivity.

     We will do  well  to consider carefully the terms  in
which we form our patterns of focusing  our attention upon
a manageable number of objects, interests and concerns.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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