Where our attention goes...

Where our attention/focus goes
Energy flows.

In other words, where we focus all our attention, all our energy is concentrated on this particular point. So it is a wise choice to be aware of the subject of our attention and how it makes us feel.

I was looking out of my window on a grey day this morning (the sun is expected back this afternoon). As you know by now, I live in the town, but out of the centre. When I went out onto my balcony, on the road side, I focused my attention on the cheerful colour of my window-boxes and I was drawn into the wonderful amount of green there was around the houses and I suddenly felt so lucky and happy. Imagine all those trees and bushes and green grass in the town! So often, I just see buildings and traffic and bustling people, but today I focused my attention on the beauty I can see and it made me feel very happy and fortunate. 
"All this", I said to myself, "shops within close walking distance and a bus at the top of my road!"

Postscript:
I've been watching D-Day75 on television with a great deal of emotion.
I heard this poem being read out:
"The battle raged in Normandy
Many lives were lost
The war must end in victory
And this must be the cost.

When my life is over and I reach the other side
I'll meet my friends from Normandy
And shake their hands with pride."

Poem by Cyril Crain
Read by Kenneth Hay, MBE.