I’ve been wandering mentally for a long time. And while most would think that there is nothing wrong with that, I tend to disagree. I’ve been floating from topic to topic, mental item to mental item for quite some time. I’ve allowed the many distractions of the world to pull me in different directions.
The problem with this is that you are allowing a limiting factor to apply to everything happening in your brain and body. For one, your mind has a very broad field of focus, which can be hard to mentally sort through.
Your thoughts scatter like a group of startled rabbits even as you try so hard to wrangle them.
Visual disturbances pull your mind one way, then the other, in the form of advertisements, screens, or bright lights.
Auditory disturbances become so broad and difficult to hone in on that you start to say “huh?” And “what?” Every time you are spoken to. You heard what was said, but you cannot process it. Your mind is aware that something was said, but can not process it fast enough.
Your quality of life degrades when you allow your mind to wander. And it’s no wonder that it happens. Society is addicted, slave to its media and its stimulants. I am certainly one of them. I don’t have a intentional life.
I wander.
But I believe that an intentional life, and some small changes, can put me back on the right path. Over the past few months, I’ve taken active steps to move towards that goal. I’ve gotten myself somewhat under control. I’m building the discipline. Even as I write this, I can feel the urge to look away, and allow distraction to take over.
But I persist. I control my mind, I control my life, I control my choices. I will not continue to allow distractions to sway me. The perpetual noise in the background of my life is now silent. I exist in quiet intent. With a goal to live life freely. To be bound by no debts to any man, and to be prepared for any difficult time. This is my intent.
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