Priorities and/or Pressures

Multiple factors draw our attention.  We respond to these factors from innate attitudes that direct our responses and behaviors.  What we view as important (priorities) is often outweighed by the stressful factors (pressures) that demand our attention.  Before we know it, the pressures become the priorities, and our attention is directed away from our original preferential ratings.  Pressures to priorities, or is it priorities to guide the pressures?  A common thread are these priorities and/or pressures.  What we give our attention is a result.

Authority

The ability to act or produce an effect that influences or commands thought, opinion, belief, or behavior, can be called "authority".  A convincing force that helps direct these thoughts will in effect impact the manner of conducting oneself .  Competency, capacity, or strength [in the sense of ability] to impact something conceived in the mind, is the foundation of this authority.  Helping to explain the various phenomena that surround us, it establishes the things that are of primary importance.  An orderliness to our experiences in this organic platform results.  What a deal, this common thread called authority.