Out of focus

I had great plans for this week.  Unfortunately, my throat had other plans.

After a visit to my physician's office yesterday, I have an official diagnosis:  viral pharyngitis.  Prescription: rest, anti-inflammatory medication, lots of fluids.  If I'm honest, I'll admit that in some ways I would been really glad if it had been strep throat--then I could have just taken antibiotics and felt better!

So here I've been, forcing fluids trying to rest--and I've had a bit of a revelation:

Pain makes me really myopic.

Pain begs for me to focus on the thing that's hurting, and when I do that, I lose awareness of everything that's not hurting.  So the very thing that would be most helpful--getting my mind off the pain--is the thing I struggle to do.

I'm trying now to get my focus off myself and my sore throat and back on all that's good and beautiful.

What about you?  Does anything ever make you lose your focus?