Focus, the ability to follow through.

Buddha said " Desire is the root cause of all evil". I'm going to break this down to understand focus on an emotional path.

Desire, wanting something. Can be good or bad. On an emotional path desire can lead to happiness or sadness. We'll talk about the sadness aspect.

We desire to get back to normal or where our life used to be. We desire to break the sadness. These desires mixed with your current emotions cause what I call emotional turmoil.

They are two conflicting emotions that your brain is struggling to separate and resolve. Our goal is to separate and conquer.

We need to focus! First step, focus on yourself. I always recommend reading motivational books. Autobiographies, self-help, inspiration, anything that takes focus to read. It's easy to get absorbed in a sci-fi or romance novel.

The second part of focus, is meditating. I do two forms of meditation. Sitting still allowing thoughts to enter and leave. The second is active meditation. Think sports, martial arts. Something you have to completely focus about doing. Think Zen!

Zen isn't about not doing anything. Being Zen is about being constantly in the moment, no matter what you are doing!

Remember focus takes work, but you got this.


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