Without it nothing can be studied, learned or successfully accomplished. Attention is the key that unlocks all human potential. It is the greatest force we have. Through the act of attention, we focus and direct all our awareness, all our intelligence, all our being. Whatever we turn our attention to is illuminated.
Light is shed, and under that light things thrive.
When we are without attention or lacking the ability to direct it we are weak and suggestible, mere puppets at the mercy of every passing wind. We are able to take the necessary, appropriate action. Whoever is present may love, whoever can pay attention can love, and whoever takes appropriate action does love. Loving is a verb, and it manifests in action. Take the doing away and we are left with a mighty possibility, a great almost.