The lost and found is full of things people swore they’d never lose. Pay attention to what you carry.

REFLECTION

WHAT THIS MEANS

Certainty that you will not lose something is exactly the condition under which it gets left behind. Attention goes to what feels at risk, so the things you consider secure stop being maintained and drift out of your hands. Nothing is held by assuming it is held.

Name what you would be most upset to lose and ask when you last did anything to keep it. Do one small maintaining act this week, a call, a practice session, an honest conversation. Attention is the whole mechanism, and it has to be given rather than intended.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

What do you carry carelessly that would hurt to lose?

MORE IN PERCEPTION & ATTENTION

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