If I have not one, not two but three small mishaps like this: (1) drop my pen [no biggie – just reach down and retrieve it] (2) immediately after ALMOST knock over a bottle of water (3) ALMOST miss a really urgent message — I finally “get it”, stop whatever I’m doing dead in my tracks and LISTEN WITH GREAT EXPECTANCY for a kind of breakthrough message from God.
IF I’M ALREADY IN FULL LISTENING MODE, He doesn’t need to “get my a-t-t-e-n-t-i-o-n.”