People who are easily distracted have trouble concentrating, being productive, managing stress, dealing constructively with other people, and controlling their tempers, among other things. And they have health problems, too. Think of the millions of dollars spent in treating high blood pressure, depression, anxiety, gastrointestinal irritability, and addiction... all as a result of unhealthy responses to life's distractions.
Instead of dealing with a distraction or simply "be" with it, we'd rather try to run away from it or somehow shield or cocoon ourselves from it.
It's not working.
To truly avoid distraction, you first and ultimately have to change your thinking.
When you no longer regard something as a distraction... then it can't bother you any more.
It's just like the little kid who refuses to eat anything but macaroni and cheese. He refuses anything else, even to the point of throwing a violent tantrum and making himself sick, simply because he holds on to the unfounded belief that all vegetables are yucky...
until the day of the showdown, when he's forced to eat a vegetable.
The skies part. The tempest blows itself out. His old perception has vanished, forever forgotten.
Life is, for a time, easier. At least until the next "distraction" rears its head.
Change your thoughts, your perceptions.
See how it changes your life.
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ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your Friday Perspective, you are so right in what you say and it all makes absolute sense. The part about eating the vegetables, I had the same problem with Mr K, I didnt quite have the 'tantrums' he is after all a grown man but he would not eat anything except the same old food. He had in his mind from when he was a child that he couldnt eat veg and fish. When I tried to get him to eat these foods he would get annoyed, and it was like a 'mother and toddler' locking horns which in turn became quite stressful and mealtimes were not as pleasurable as eating should be. But once he tried a 'new food' and realised it actually tastes nice there was no stopping him! His mother couldnt believe it. He still wont eat cucumber and humous but Im working on it LOL! X