Oblivious

If you've ever walked in the woods and someone in front of you
pushes a branch out of his way, lets it go and it slaps back
and hits you right in the face, then you have a perfect example
of 'oblivious.'

Being unaware of the consequences of one's actions, having
no thought of anyone but oneself when doing something
that eventually can have a negative impact on others is
one of the great and selfish wrongs any person can commit.

And it's not only insensitive actions, it can be words
that have impacts the speaker might never have realized.
Being aware of what you say and do are tasks we usually
thinkwe do automatically but that's not necessarily
accurate. We can know what we are doing, but not
appreciate how our action affects anyone else if our
span of attention is confined to our own little space
and to ourselves.

Paying attention is the key to living and paying attention
to not only what we think, say, do is important but also
how we are impacting others.

To give another, though a bit contrived, example of being
oblivious, I could write to you now that the most important
thing for you to know in your entire life is to is to
always remember that if you