Monday Mindfulness ~ one hand texting

"What is the sound of one hand texting?"  That's an update on the classic zen koan which asks: "What is the sound of one hand clapping?"  This fellow is too distracted to hear "what a little bird told him" or the dog who's trying to get his attention or the snake in the grass who has latched onto his leg.  The only good thing about this picture is that he isn't driving.  Maybe he'll walk out in front of a car or step into an hole he doesn't notice, but he isn't driving.

Too many people now text while driving, and it's scary to read about the people they've managed to kill while doing it.  Including themselves.  I've seen people doing it.  Not killing themselves, but texting with one hand while trying to drive with the other hand.  Which hand do you think they are focused on?  Where is their attention?  What, besides your hand-held device, do you really pay attention to?

I guess no one was really "paying attention" to what I had to say about mindfulness four years ago, when I got exactly ZERO comments.  This time, I decided to focus on "one hand texting."  Maybe that got your attention.