Focal Point

I took this photo of the inside of a tulip that my daughter gave me for Mother’s Day

“The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter – often an unconscious but still a faithful interpreter – in the eye.”

— Charlotte Bronte

According to the dictionary, a focal point is, “The area to which your eye is immediately drawn.” Photographers utilize focal points. Room designers stress the importance of focal points. Finding a focal point is also important in both Yoga and Tai Chi; my instructors often remind me to find a focal point to stay balanced.

I didn’t know how important balance was until I lost it. I took for granted that my eyes and brain work in sync, allowing me to walk across a room without conscious effort. But when I lost my sense of balance due to my injured brain, I learned that finding a focal point can help regain it. My physical therapist taught me this. She constantly reminded me to find a focal point to stay balanced as I worked on walking without wobbling. Learning to stay centered on a focal point has been vital to my recovery. I am much better now, but even after five years, I can still lose my balance.

Although mostly healed, I can still fall into the old trap of buzzing through life in a hurry, too busy to remember my Focal Point. Busy, busy, busy. Too busy to breathe. And as always happens, I get off balance and wonder why I feel that I am going backwards instead of moving forward. I still tend to resist the need to slow down and center. But I am learning (with repeated lessons) to focus on the area to which my Heart is immediately drawn.

Peace,

Sharon