Comments on: Being Present to the Moment - 19 September http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2006/09/19/being-present-to-the-moment-19-september/ I'm physically incapable of making a long story short - and I've been making short stories long for years. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:59:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: david http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2006/09/19/being-present-to-the-moment-19-september/#comment-3009 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:19:01 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2006/09/19/being-present-to-the-moment-19-september/#comment-3009 here's another test comment... here’s another test comment…

]]> by: perotheus http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2006/09/19/being-present-to-the-moment-19-september/#comment-2971 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 06:51:00 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2006/09/19/being-present-to-the-moment-19-september/#comment-2971 <I>"Sometimes when we are totally concentrating on a task we may seem rude and inattentive. Yet we are wholly present. We are present to our moment of focus."</I> That was so perfectly stated. My job requires total concentration on the task at hand. Distractions or people that are not giving to the cause are detrimental to everyone involved. Still, when I am WORKING and on a call - there are some people that will prattle on about mundane things (like televison shows or celebrity gossip) when - quite literally - lives are at risk. I can't even begin to understand their reasoning -- I mean. I can be in the middle of an interesting conversation (one not about any of the celebrities or their newly aquired children) and duty calls... all conversation is put on hold and can be picked up after the call is complete. “Sometimes when we are totally concentrating on a task we may seem rude and inattentive. Yet we are wholly present. We are present to our moment of focus.”

That was so perfectly stated. My job requires total concentration on the task at hand. Distractions or people that are not giving to the cause are detrimental to everyone involved.

Still, when I am WORKING and on a call - there are some people that will prattle on about mundane things (like televison shows or celebrity gossip) when - quite literally - lives are at risk.

I can’t even begin to understand their reasoning — I mean. I can be in the middle of an interesting conversation (one not about any of the celebrities or their newly aquired children) and duty calls… all conversation is put on hold and can be picked up after the call is complete.

]]> by: Babs http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2006/09/19/being-present-to-the-moment-19-september/#comment-2970 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 03:10:00 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2006/09/19/being-present-to-the-moment-19-september/#comment-2970 Oh I'm loving this post! Oh I’m loving this post!

]]> by: Mr. H.K. http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2006/09/19/being-present-to-the-moment-19-september/#comment-2969 Sun, 24 Sep 2006 04:08:00 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2006/09/19/being-present-to-the-moment-19-september/#comment-2969 Hey, next on my reading list: <I>The Power of Now</I> by Eckhart Tolle. Hey, next on my reading list: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle.

]]> by: Leesa http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2006/09/19/being-present-to-the-moment-19-september/#comment-2968 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:21:00 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2006/09/19/being-present-to-the-moment-19-september/#comment-2968 Neat post, I know exactly what you're saying :) Neat post, I know exactly what you’re saying :)

]]> by: Monkey http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2006/09/19/being-present-to-the-moment-19-september/#comment-2967 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:31:00 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2006/09/19/being-present-to-the-moment-19-september/#comment-2967 Cats are the ultimate ZEN MASTERS! Cats are the ultimate ZEN MASTERS!

]]> by: Anonymous http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2006/09/19/being-present-to-the-moment-19-september/#comment-2966 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:47:00 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2006/09/19/being-present-to-the-moment-19-september/#comment-2966 A good friend of mine (who hails from Western PA -- hardly anybody who lives in Arizona is actually <I>from</I> Arizona; I always say that there are more people from Chicago living in Phoenix, than there are people from Chicago living in <I>Chicago</I>) has the same problem. She's always trying to do 20 things at the same time (what I refer to as "juggling chainsaws"), and is always frustrated that she never gets <I>anything</I> done. (I got her <I>Time Management for Dummies</I> some years back, but I doubt she's taken the time to actually read it.) Both her son (who is now grown with a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Southern California -- how time flies) and I have told her that when she dies, we're going to engrave this on her tombstone: <B>She Finally Ran Out of Things To Do</B> As for me, I make an honest effort to take as much time to stop and smell the flowers as I can. It beats working. ;-) <B>Kirk</B> (with a dog who takes after her daddy -- figuratively and literally) A good friend of mine (who hails from Western PA — hardly anybody who lives in Arizona is actually from Arizona; I always say that there are more people from Chicago living in Phoenix, than there are people from Chicago living in Chicago) has the same problem. She’s always trying to do 20 things at the same time (what I refer to as “juggling chainsaws”), and is always frustrated that she never gets anything done. (I got her Time Management for Dummies some years back, but I doubt she’s taken the time to actually read it.)

Both her son (who is now grown with a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Southern California — how time flies) and I have told her that when she dies, we’re going to engrave this on her tombstone:

She Finally Ran Out of Things To Do

As for me, I make an honest effort to take as much time to stop and smell the flowers as I can. It beats working. ;-)

Kirk (with a dog who takes after her daddy — figuratively and literally)

]]> by: Anonymous http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2006/09/19/being-present-to-the-moment-19-september/#comment-2965 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:32:00 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2006/09/19/being-present-to-the-moment-19-september/#comment-2965 That kind of focus comes deep from within and will happen at the strangest times. If I am open to it &#38; allow it to happen in it's own natural stream of energy it is my favorite place to be. That kind of focus comes deep from within and will happen at the strangest times. If I am open to it & allow it to happen in it’s own natural stream of energy it is my favorite place to be.

]]> by: Anonymous http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2006/09/19/being-present-to-the-moment-19-september/#comment-2964 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:12:00 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2006/09/19/being-present-to-the-moment-19-september/#comment-2964 It seems like those moments are so few and so far between. We are so busy "multi tasking" that real concentration becomes almost impossible. bonnie It seems like those moments are so few and so far between. We are so busy “multi tasking” that real concentration becomes almost impossible. bonnie

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