The Art of Paying Attention
Distractions can be dangerous, but attention is also a beautiful act in and of itself.
by Isabel Fattal http://www.theatlantic.com/author/isabel-fattal/?utm_source=scribd
May 27, 2023
2 minutes
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“Attention is the beginning of devotion,” the poet Mary Oliver wrote on the challenge of them: “All day, the world makes its demands. There’s so much of it, world / begging to be noticed.”
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