Let Thine Eyes Look Right On

The Path

This proverb names a specific, practical discipline for walking forward well: eyes looking right on, straight before thee, not scanning distractedly to either side, but genuinely focused ahead, on the actual path currently being walked, rather than divided attention toward whatever might lie to the right hand or the left.

Notice ponder the path of thy feet, deliberate, ongoing attention to the actual, present walking, not merely the distant destination, but the immediate steps genuinely being taken, examined and considered, so that all thy ways be established, secure and settled, not merely hopeful or vaguely intentioned.

This is worth applying to however much your own forward walking has become distracted, attention pulled toward tangential concerns, comparisons, or possibilities not actually part of the genuine path currently being walked. This proverb calls for focused, undistracted attention, straight ahead, ponder the actual path of thy feet.

Whatever forward walking is now yours to genuinely pursue, practice today this focused looking right on, pondering the actual path of thy feet rather than distracted scanning to either side. Let this deliberate focus establish your ways, secure and settled, rather than scattered across tangential concerns unrelated to your actual, current path.