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EyeJunkie.com is an adventure in paying attention, snapshots on the journey to experiencing life and culture deliberately. Part mommy blog, part spiritual quest, part cultural record, and part sarcastic word-play--it's whatever overflows from taking a closer look at life within and without.

My name is Haley Montgomery. (more about that here)
When my first little gift was born, I was stunned by the realization that we could simply blink and he'd be out of the house and on his way. I made a promise to myself to savor every stage, to embrace every step and to grasp the full wealth of each moment. A pursuit from which I'm all too easily distracted. My how it pays to pay attention – a lesson hard-learned in lives of clutter and a culture of the immediate and the entertained.

So, I decided to put some effort into growing an attention span, starting with this: "Blessed are your eyes because they see." (matthew 13:16)

This life is rich – rich in joy, in sorrow, in full experiences for the soul. But so often, that richness eludes me, lost in daily-ness or busy-ness or weary-ness. My spirit grows numb as I let the images, words, decisions, and assumptions of popular culture and the world simply wash over me. Drowsy. Disengaged. Asleep. How tragic to look but not see, and miss the blessing. How impoverished to "spend" life on a meager vision.

Partaking of life's richness requires an investment. I make a payment of my time, my thoughts, myself. I pay attention, and gain a return--a true view of life's reality in all its glorious and troubling wealth. Once I really see, I don't want to be satisfied with just looking. I don't want to miss the richness. So, I've begun a journaling journey toward thinking with intention, making a statement, forming an opinion, being close to the surface. Paying attention.

Thank you for taking the time to read. Please take a closer look around while you're here. I hope you enjoy the view.

Your comments:
Please make them. I want to hear your thoughts, and not just because it makes me think I'm a real blogger. I'm really interested. Honest. I even like dissenting opinions. Two rules: kind words and no potty mouth. I might want to share this thing with my kids one day.

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O BE CAREFUL LITTLE EYES WHAT YOU SEE.