"Are you focused?"

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I’m sitting outside on our patio, near where a hummingbird feeder is hung, writing stories and basking in the marvelous world God created for me to enjoy.

Soon I hear the familiar "buzz" of a hummingbird coming to the feeder. That buzz is followed quickly by another buzz. There’s another hummingbird coming to the feeder.

I look over and discover one hummingbird sitting on the feeder’s perch. A second hummingbird buzzes the first, trying to get him to move off of the feeder. But the first hummingbird just sits on the perch, drinking. He raises his bill each time his aggressor flies by, just to protect himself. Then he resumes drinking.

The aggressor flies by often, reminding me of a pendulum swinging on a clock. The swings of his fly-by’s get shorter and shorter, but still the first bird keeps drinking, totally focused.

Today, you’ll get buzzed by someone or something, trying to disturb your focus on the nourishing presence of God with you. Just hang on and stay focused, as you listen to life and make a life, not just a living today.

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