“To live outside the law, one must be honest” Bob Dylan
This is Attention on the edge, where the action is. Think merry-go-round, the operator stands in the middle in a slow spin with a bit of boredom, while the riders swirl with excitement on beautiful horses, their minds a whirl of sensations and imagination.
Outlaw Attention, partnered with self-honesty, is about eluding the posse of habit police, those who serve and protect what has always been. The habit posse enforce the unconscious traps of sleep walking, the drills of negativity, the collars of having to be right, the shackles of not making mistakes, and the handcuffs of already knowing.
Children flirt as outlaws. Whenever freedom offers a painted pony of presence and where self-expression shows up creating a rodeo, children want to ride the bronc!
Outlaw Attention rides that trail beyond ‘get along little doggie.’ The ride is down into the Forbidden Canyon, toward the echo’s mystery. With magic the child creates maps to return to where Attention comes from. They find Attention from searching the high mountains and Great Plains.
Pay Attention to children. Lasso those who want to keep the children jailed by the habit posse corralling them into the land of the in-SAME.
Lead the habit police down a false trail. Let yourself follow the free attention trail to gratitude, enthusiasm, and joy in bringing the little cowpokes along.
