Distraction has been a common term we use whenever we want to ignore something. Most often, we run to distractions when something goes wrong.
Why do we need a distraction? This question kept me restless for a couple of days and then, I realised it is an escape. An escape which itself is a trap.
Think about it, when something goes wrong, we run to something that can take our minds off the problem. However, what does distraction do? Does it solve the problem? Absolutely no, the problem is still there at the back of our minds and it won't go away until we face it, accept it and solve it.
Distraction is something that stops us from solving our problems. The truth is there is no escape. We fool ourselves with drinks and conversations that gives temporary pleasure.
The more you run towards distractions, more will be the anxiety. It makes us waste our time on unnecessary things which doesn't serve any purpose and prevents us from facing life as it is.
We all have aspirations, but when we fail, we run to distractions to not face that failure. We don't like to accept our flaws and failures, rather we are taught to not take responsibility of our mistakes. And distraction is the way to hide it.
But for how long can you hide or escape? For as long as you don't realise that distraction is causing you enough harm than the problem itself. Distraction is nothing but a prison to protect ourselves from facing the truth and acting upon it.
However, if we accept the problem right away, take responsibility for our actions and try to learn from what went wrong and how it can be corrected, wouldn't it save us time, energy and stress?
The truth is we can only achieve greatness by facing life as it is and not the other way round. Every other way is a self trap. The reason for rise in human mental health issues is a clear result of distractions, otherwise, who is stopping us from being great?
Distractions is just an excuse to not do what we want to do. Temporary pleasures are so attractive in the times of pain that we immediately give in. However, the impact of it is slow death of human capabilities.
Think about people who sit and talk about other people. Why are they doing it? Because they don't want to think about their own life and hence talking about others is a way to be busy. They find it scary to think about their own lives, so they get into this loop of discussing other people's lives. Seldom does a person with greatness has time to discuss unnecessary things.
And who do we blame when we are the ones choosing distractions over greatness? Nobody but ourselves!
It's the choice that you make in the hardest of times that define you!
-Akanksha Singh
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