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Goldfish Attention Spans

goldfishGoldfish have longer attention spans than humans. Kelly Schreckenberger takes that fact as the starting point for reflection.

Take a minute or two and listen to your thoughts. How many different directions does your mind take you?

We have grown accustomed to measuring our lives by how what we do, and how much we produce. “What did you do today?” is a common question… We tell ourselves how important we are by how full our calendar is…and we often tell others that too.

Our jobs, our friends, school, our family relationships—all of these things require our time and our energy. It is vital that we all take time out from our daily, busy lives to slow down, to pause, and to reflect. Do we remember to do that?

Take this as your reminder to take a pause and slow down today.

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