“Pay special attention to their agony so I might take some pleasure.”

“Don't you want to fall into bed and let me pay special attention to you all day?”

“If you don't pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.”

“Nature offers us a thousand simple pleasers- Plays of light and color, fragrance in the air, the sun's warmth on skin and muscle, the audible rhythm of life's stir and push- for the price of merely paying attention. What joy! But how unwilling or unable many of us are to pay this price in an age when manufactured sources of stimulation and pleasure are everywhere at hand. For me, enjoying nature's pleasures takes conscious choice, a choice to slow down to seed time or rock time, to still the clamoring ego, to set aside plans and busyness, and to simply to be present in my body, to offer myself up.Respond to the above quote. Pay special attention to each of your five senses as you describe your surroundings. Also, you need to incorporate at least one metaphor and smile in your descriptions.”

“Pay attention to the intricate patterns of your existence that you take for granted.”

“The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.”