Sep 10
27
I know the title sounds strange. But i got this idea when i was thinking about how people get distracted in life. When we are distracted in our purpose, whether it is our work, relationships or personal pursuits we are actually quite mesmerised by the distractions, and we look at those distractions like how a bird gets distracted by shiny objects!
I believe that in life we are constantly being bombarded by shiny objects all the time. Shiny objects look appealing and distract us from what we don’t want to do, or what we should do. The thing is shiny objects lose their shine after a while after we have toyed with it for a while. And inevitably we have to face what has always been in front of us.
Every day shiny objects include things like checking emails every few minutes, going on Facebook for more than 10 minutes, mindlessly surfing the internet, snacking, gossiping, anything really that serves as a distraction from achieving one’s goals.
The next time you get distracted causing you to move further away from your goal, ask yourself if you have been mesmerised by any shiny objects around you? Then get rid of them! Just stay focus on your goals, and the shiny objects will lose their shine.
Copyright 2010 Shamala Tan www.thinkrightfeelgood.com
