Distraction

I think distraction is contagious.  I know distraction is contagious in devious ways.  It spreads not from one person to another but from one part of your life to others.  Distraction is not just the lack of focus but is an active force pulling at the corners of thought, at the corners of our minds.  My generation has been raised on TV, flashing images, intensity in sensory perception….many things happening at once.  I am beginning to see that this is not good for anyone.

 

It is hard for me to do one thing at once.  I have other thoughts that and interests that pull me away instantly.  There, right there, another one!  I just wanted to stop doing this and make some changes to my flickr site.  I am resisting, right now I am not doing it but continuing to write.

 

I wonder if focus is just as contagious.  Does focus in one area of your life spread focus and the ability to concentrate into other areas?  I feel like I used to be more focused when I prayed more, when I tried to follow a spiritual discipline more carefully.  I have to fight against the impulse to do everything at once, accomplishing nothing.

 

Now to flickr…

~ by ajdele on March 8, 2008.