In 2015 Will Smith starred in a
film called Focus. In Focus, Will Smith plays a con man who recruits
a woman (played by Margot Robbie) to join in on his con lifestyle. Upon
teaching her the trade, he explains the importance of focus to her. Growing to learn the con game, she is able to grab the focus of others, just as
Will Smith’s character does throughout the film. And she’s able to
successfully obtain what she wants from different people she meets. One scene
in the film highlights an example of focus (see link below) and it made me
think about the importance of focus and paying attention in life. I wonder how
much further along many of us could be in life if we had more focus on what
really matters? Almost all of us are challenged with daily
distractions and demands that can easily deter our focus from tasks that
require our attention, and get us further and further away from different goals
and dreams we’d like to accomplish. But what if more people actively decided to
embrace discipline and eliminate as many distractions as possible from their own lives? I imagine that things would be significantly different in the best kinds
of ways. Where’s your focus these days? Scene from Focus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO3hD5PHQdQ
About a year ago, I had a dream my dad wanted to talk to our family about something serious. I wasn’t sure what he wanted to discuss, but I knew it was something I needed to prepare myself for. Around the time after I had this dream, I remember stopping by my parents place and sensing something was going on that they weren’t telling me. I tried to dismiss what I’d been feeling, but I couldn’t shake it. Something serious was happening. As I returned to my home after visiting them one day, I was in my kitchen washing dishes when a heaviness hit my heart like nothing I’d ever felt before. Something’s wrong with dad. That’s what that dream was about. God, what’s going on? As I continued washing dishes, I started crying and praying. Then in mid-spring, my dad held an unexpected family meeting that would change all our lives forever. He hesitated at first, and as his voice started cracking and he started crying, he said, “Well, I wanted to talk to ya’ll to tell you that I have kidney disea...