When attending a concert, can you honestly say that you pay attention to the music every single moment? While listening, you probably also look at the musicians' faces or clothes, at the theater decorations, at the conductor's tuxedo, at the instrument arrangement and so on. In doing this, you are not really "listening" to the symphony. You lose the experience, it is as if a moment of your life was totally erased because it hasn't been lived the way it was intended to. The mind likes to wander, to engage in often useless elucubrations, in futile worries. Sometimes you don't hear what is said to you, other times you don't concentrate on what you are doing. Are you distracted? Yes. Is it a serious problem? Yes. Although it's not something anyone pays great attention to, it may end up preventing you from living your life "fully".
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