Coach Class Airfare - Focus Pocus

And Grissom adds a witty thoughtfulness to every episode, it challenges my brain, it makes me think. I loved it before it was cool and the rest of the world started watching and I think it is intelligent television despite the plunging necklines and often-provocative scenarios. I mean the original Las Vegas one with Gil Grissom at the helm; not the watered down versions transported to other cities around the country. I love CSI.

But why, they use flashlights to examine every inch of the area? It doesn't matter if it is midday or 3a.m. I noticed that when they begin to investigate a crime scene they whip out their flashlights. One thing has always puzzled me, after years of devoted CSI watching.

It took me five minutes and two shelves to find the long lost book. Feeling a little stupid I pulled out a flashlight and started going over all of the same places I had searched before. What would Grissom do? Pulling out drawers and blaming members of my family for my dilemma I thought of CSI, after climbing bookshelves. Recently I went on a frenzied search of my office for a particular book.

The same thing occurs when a spotlight focuses our attention on the lead actor in a play. The flashlight helped me focus my full attention on what I was looking at instead of glossing over the details. I call my finding the Focus Pocus Effect.

It's called being mindful. Productive and energetic, learning to pay attention to the NOW slows us down and makes us more efficient, surprisingly. We lose out because we are so concerned with reliving the past or planning the future instead of attending to the present. Much of what we see and hear is a blur and we lose important details along the way. I think many of us inadvertently spend most of our life out of focus. So what has this got to do with you and your life?

Try these simple tips for living and focusing in the moment: while you could stay focused by carrying a flashlight wherever you go,

*Stop finishing sentences for others in conversations

*Stop thinking about last night or tomorrow while your living today.

*Start talking less and listening more.

) Try a little Focus Pocus and let me know what you discovered. (And it wouldn't hurt to carry a small flashlight in your pocket or purse as a reminder!