FIREPLACE
Tuesday, September 6, 2022 - column #7112
What are your answers to these?
WHAT IS IT I DO, and why?
WHAT MATTERS MOST, and why?
WHERE AM I GOING, and am I on the right road?
These questions show up on my electronic calendar every day, atop the page, because I put them there as a reminder to myself, as an encouragement to myself - every morning, so I ask myself as the first order of business every morning: What is the most important/valuable/critical thing to focus on today?
One clear compass heading on my mind is ‘to stay effing focused.’
Focused on health, purpose, finishing what I start, doing the most important as well as the most urgent, never giving up on things that matter, and most of all, not giving up on myself – and that concentration has, of late, seen my energy level heightened …
*The Latin word focus meant “hearth, fireplace.” In the scientific Latin of the 17th century, the word is used to refer to the point at which rays of light refracted by a lens converge. Because rays of sunlight, when directed by a magnifying glass, can produce enough heat to ignite paper, a word meaning “fireplace” is an entirely appropriate metaphor to describe their convergence point. From this sense of focus have arisen extended senses, a “center of activity.”
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