Being Deaf and Alert

Hello everyone

You can’t be alert unless you are deaf.
To listen to the sound of birds chirping, you need to be deaf to everything else.
To be able to be alert to your inner self (for example, in meditation), you need to be deaf to everything outside.
To be able to be alert enough to dig out that inswinging toe-crushing yorker, you need to close out your mind to thousands of spectators in that packed stadium shouting themselves hoarse.
Deafness also enables you to ignore your doubters, and detractors who are generally a drain on your motivation.
So, be deaf to everything that’s useless to be alert to what really matters.

PS: Are you smart enough to guess the subject of my next post? A small prize awaits you if you mail me the correct answer before that mail comes your way in a day :)