Definitions - #301 – #33 - All you want is “distraction”!

Anything will do as a “distraction”……religious discussion, political discussion, current events, ball scores, family matters… anything! If you want to be “distracted” anything will do!

If you don’t want to get “too serious”, if you want to slide through without much thought; “distraction” is for you. You can always pursue the less important issues of the day. After all, isn’t there a scarcity of mutual “facts”? Why should you even try to understand anything? Isn’t a hair appointment just as important as a world political crisis? Why even try?

If you are depressed or unhappy, why not fill the void with “distraction”? You have no one to please but yourself!

BUT…..
Suppose this doesn’t work out? …… What is a “successful alternative”?
You can try! Try to find your own answer. Try to find a “mutual definition”. At least try to find out what your friends think. Test your understanding. Find out “where” you differ and then find out “why”.

Many people use “distraction” as a cure for “thinking and reasoning”!
Certainly your own family affairs deserve immediate attention; but when you are not intimately involved with these types of issues, what do you think about? Do you have half baked opinions that you readily impose on your friends? Don’t they deserve better? Suppose you start off with… “This is my current opinion based on….”; instead of just “launching in” with your opinion. Don’t your true friends deserve better?

Many people freely express their opinions which are not based on any research or information but just reflect the “talk shows or the Commissions”. Anyone can do this! You are, in essence, just repeating what you’ve heard. This is not “new news”! At best, this can be “argumentative” if not, downright overwhelming. There is no new discovery in this type of rhetoric! You leave no room for a diverse opinion. This is “argumentative”!

Do you wonder why no one seems to want to discuss anything with you? Who wants “more arguments”?

Does “distraction” lead to this reaction?
Does mere “distraction” lead to this type of reaction?

YOU BET IT DOES!