Have you ever noticed how out-of-balance things in the world seem? I often wonder why more people don’t stop and think sometimes - think about the things they believe in, say, or read.

One of the more absurd propositions that I find curious in our society are the many number of occasions that result in people focusing on issues that are either unimportant, or grossly out of proportion when weighed up with other more important items.

Take for example the recent hoopla over Paris Hilton and the throngs of media that have surrounded her, and the hours of media coverage that one jail term resulting from driving with a suspended license can cause.

I have a theory about what we focus on as being important to us in our lives - I call it my theory of focus. You should have guessed by now that I have a theory for everything; just ask anyone who knows me in real-life!

So first of all, a bit about the concept of focus. Well, we know in a camera that focus is used to bring certain objects into a clear view, and so with our own lives certain items are clear to us, and others are unclear - or out of focus.

Sometimes life throws you something from a dark corner. It can hit you completely unexpectedly, and when it does it can cause your focus to change. You see, we all have focus, it comes to us naturally.

I consider focus to be all those things in our immediate (short-term) world that are important to us. Things that make us want to get involved, or things that make us feel a particular way, things that we care about.

If only we all spent more time focusing on important things, imagine how different the world might be.