Nothing to See Here

On a couple of occasions I have heard someone say something like, “love me or hate me but don’t ignore me.”
I was thinking about that this morning and it seems to me ignoring another is a dangerous thing to do.  No wonder ignorance has ignore look to be related.  Countries and teams have come undone as a result of ignoring another.
Ignoring can allow another free rein to put in place what can be another’s undoing.  How often I have heard the term “thy flew under the radar.”  That to me says I was busy concentrating on another and ignored a potential threat.
So often the threat posed is not big and obvious.  The big and obvious are generally the ones I gravitate to.  Maybe rightly so - but not at the expense of vigilance.  It can be the little things that trip me up.
I look at health and safety a lot. Particularly since the stroke I am looking out big time for trip hazards.  They tend to not be large but are ignored to my detriment.  Being tripped up brings me down.  The tripping itself can do me damage and once down I am vulnerable.  So I reckon it behoves me to deal with what is obvious while keeping an eye on what is not.
Refusing to ignore not only provides safety for me but also has the potential to provide what I need.  They reckon to be successful study the successful.
That to me is excellent advice and alleviates me of needing to invent the wheel all the time.  Others have gone before and found success.  Often good ways of doing things are built upon, so for me there is a pathway I should follow.
So I reckon I can learn a lot whether I am loved, hated or ignored.  But when it comes to me I should never ignore.  To not ignore something does not mean I exalt it, but it does mean I keep an eye on it and ensure it does not become a future stumbling block.