#Day139: 19 May 2016, Thursday

STAY FOCUS

Colossians 3:2 - Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth

It is a sad day for Liverpool fans. We lost to Sevilla on the final game. Liverpool lead the score during first half of the game, but seems unable to stay focus and lost their way on the second half. In the end, the better team win.

It is not easy to keep our focus straight. It is challenging to stay in focus and keep our mind towards our goal.

I guess that is why Colossians 3:2 seems to remind us to always keep our mind on our goal, things that are above and not on earth.

The same with my work, there are so many things happened everyday which sometimes diverted my mind from the goals that I want to achieve with the team.

TIME magazine once wrote about ways to stay focused, few of them are:

Minimize multitasking

• Multitaskers might seem superhuman, but they pay a big price, according to a 2009 Stanford study. In a sample of 100 Stanford students, about half identified themselves as media multitaskers. The other half did not. The test examined attention spans, memory capacity, and ability to switch from one task to the next — and the multitaskers performed more poorly on each test.
• In our spiritual life, we also need to be careful to choose the best. Just like the story of Maria and Martha. And we know that Maria chosen the best.

Devote specific hours to tasks

• Plan some specific hours to specific tasks. Avoid the blur moment. We’ve all been there. You show up to the coffee shop, the whole day’s ahead of you, but you just can’t focus for an hour or two.
• In our spiritual life, devote a specific hours or time for some activities that helps you to be uplifted (i.e praying, reading bible, devotion, etc)

Exercise regularly

• Exercise isn’t just good for the body. It promotes brain health, too, which is important for memory capacity and concentration, according to John Ratey, associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
• In our spiritual life, exercise our faith. As 2 Timothy 2:15 says, Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth
• Do your best, exercise it.

What a day full of blessing. Let us keep our focus to stay focus, on above things.

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