dailydatewithgod

Have you ever noticed there is so much stuff to calling for your attention?  Do you ever wonder how it is that you are not missing out on something at some point? Of course, we are.  To think we are not going to have our attention change course with all the diversion options out there is to not be in touch with reality.  The distinction is whether or not we are choosing the diversion, the length of the diversion, and or using the diversion to tread a different path altogether.  The main marker for me is to determine if the diversion is going to lead me further from the truth of who I am or closer.  Does the diversion open my heart or cause it to close?  Does the diversion give a broader, deeper, and possibly more compassionate perspective on people and life in general or does it make me want to stay diverted from all reality?  It is not a question of whether diversions are good or bad.  It is a question of if we are going to be used by them or can we make use of them.  All things can be choices on our part. We may not like our choices, but we still have them.  Diversions in and of themselves cannot do anything to us we do not give them permission to do.  Before I can blame the ping noise of my phone telling me I just received a text message and thus divert me from paying attention to the person in front of me who is talking to me, I have to own that I can choose to put my phone on silent.  Instead of blaming the multiple ways life can divert me from the path I have chosen, I can own that sometimes it is nice to follow a diversionary path and see what happens.  It always comes back to my relationship with me and my heart.  If something or someone becomes a diversion from my connection to my own heart, I can choose to pause, take a breath, and reignite the connection.  Then I can choose whether to continue down the road of the diversion or not.