Your Attention Is Your Superpower (Stop Letting It Get Hijacked)
Chandra Eden, The True Me Yogi
The Four Agreements: A Toltec Wisdom Book
Author: Don Miguel Ruiz
"Attention is the ability we have to discriminate and to focus only on that which we want to perceive. We can perceive millions of things simultaneously, but using our attention, we can hold whatever we want to perceive in the foreground of our mind. The adults around us hooked our attention and put information into our minds through repetition. That is the way we learned everything we know.
By using our attention we learned a whole reality, a whole dream. We learned how to behave in society: what to believe and what not to believe; what is acceptable and what is not acceptable; what is good and what is bad; what is beautiful and what is ugly; what is right and what is wrong. It was all there already - all that knowledge, all those rules and concepts about how to behave in the world."
Attention: The OG Mind Control Tool You Didn’t Know You Had
Let’s talk about attention. Not the “look at me, I’m doing a TikTok dance” kind, but the kind that shapes your entire reality. Yep, your attention is basically the remote control for your brain, and whatever you focus on becomes the main event in the movie of your life. Sounds empowering, right? Well, it is… until you realize someone else has been holding that remote for most of your life.
Here’s the deal: From the moment you were born, the adults around you started hooking your attention like it was a Black Friday sale. They repeated things over and over—“Say thank you,” “Don’t touch that,” “This is good, that’s bad”—until your brain was like, “Got it, this is how the world works.” And just like that, you downloaded a whole operating system of rules, beliefs, and concepts about what’s acceptable, what’s beautiful, and whether pineapple belongs on pizza (spoiler: it does).
But here’s the kicker: Most of this “programming” wasn’t your choice. You didn’t wake up one day and decide, “You know what? I think I’ll believe that success equals working 80 hours a week and never taking a vacation.” Nope, someone else planted that idea in your head, and your attention just ran with it. And now, as an adult, you’re walking around with a brain full of beliefs that might not even be yours. Fun, right?
The good news? You can take the remote back. Your attention is still yours, and you can use it to rewrite the script. Instead of focusing on the noise—society’s expectations, your mom’s opinion on your life choices, or that one coworker who won’t stop talking about their keto diet—you can choose to focus on what actually matters to you.
It’s like decluttering your mental Netflix queue. Sure, you’ve got a bunch of old shows in there that someone else recommended, but you don’t have to keep watching them. You can hit “delete” and start streaming something that actually sparks joy. (Marie Kondo would be proud.)
So, how do you do it? Start by noticing where your attention goes. Is it stuck on autopilot, replaying the same old beliefs and rules you learned as a kid? Or are you consciously choosing what to focus on? The more you practice directing your attention, the more you’ll realize you’re not just a passive viewer in the movie of your life—you’re the director.
And let’s be real: Life’s too short to let someone else’s programming run the show. Take back the remote, change the channel, and start creating a reality that feels like yours. Because your attention isn’t just a tool—it’s your superpower. Use it wisely.
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