A Total Eclipse of Our Attention?

8/21/17 Eclipsed?

Has the Solar Eclipse eclipsed our attention to anything else? It seems to be all we want to talk about. Will this ever end? Short answer? Yes.

Often, we will say that one person or situation eclipsed another; meaning the new person or situation overtook the other. In my head, though, as I compare this phrase to the actual eclipse we will experience, I am reminded that the moon only eclipses the sun for a very short time. So, as whatever current concern “eclipse” all other issues in our work, we need to remember that these other needs will reemerge as the currently exigent situation passes. Because… it WILL pass- just as the moon passes the sun.

Also, there is danger in the eclipse in that it cannot take all of our focus. We can’t stare at it. Likewise, there is danger in allowing ALL of our focus to fall on whatever our current emergency is. Why? Because there will ALWAYS be a current emergency eclipsing other plans. If we only ever jump from one emergent need to the next emergent need, cosmic or otherwise, we will fail to be prepared. We will only ever be reacting. We must be much more strategic. We must not allow the current situation the Universe dropped on our laps to eclipse our long term strategy. Why? Because the universe is still in constant motion. And, because the world still turns. And, especially because the sun will come out tomorrow… uh… and today… again.