Our lives are affected by what we pay attention to. The important question goes a bit deeper. Dr. Curt Thompson asks his patients to reflect on the question : How well am I paying attention to what I am paying attention to?

“It is one thing to pay attention to something. It is quite another to pay attention to what we’re paying attention to, especially the activity of the mind itself. It requires a deeper activation of the mind to select and attend those things that we are not practiced at attending to, especially the very activity of the mind itself.“

Anatomy of The Soul; Curt Thompson, M.D., page 53