Veronica Speaks

I can literally lose train of thought mid-sentence and – I don’t know what happens, my brain just clocks out or something. My attention pulls away.

The thing is, I get my brain not wanting to work. I don’t want to work either; sometimes, I just want to lay in bed and relax. It gives my brain the rest that it needs.

Too often we deem distractions derogatory to our ability to achieve success. But what if these “distractions” lead to success? Is it possible?

Let’s explore this idea:

• Maybe, just maybe, distractions are not all that bad, and, when used appropriately, they are a normal part of life.
• Distractions can involve the power of your imagination which is the spirit and “magic” all religions and spiritualities talk about.
• Confession: I have difficulty focusing on things I perceive to have no meaning to me… I feel like I’m not alone.

What is your lack of attention telling you?

My mom jokingly says “I should’ve got you tested for ADHD a long time ago.” I laugh and respond “what difference would a diagnosis make if I learned how to live with distractions?”

After all, if I do have ADHD, it never stopped me from being successful in the areas of life where being successful is meaningful to me.

Being distracted and expressing a lack of attention are interchangeable.

Is being distracted a bad thing?

I LOVE daydreaming. I love my imagination. I love that our creator created the mind so that I can use it. I am not idolizing the mind by recognizing the gifts that God put in it.

As a child, I spent so much time alone and I became best friends with my imagination.

With no one around to connect with, I became addicted to creating from nothing.

Back then, I didn’t know that I am connected to an all-giving source, and that’s where my imagination extends from. I also read a lot of books allowing me to learn the art of storytelling at a young age.

My creativity is expressed freely in my childlike state. It didn’t matter if I switched topics mid-sentences or if I followed my own schedule because it was just me and I wasn’t bothering anybody.

I learned how to enjoy my own company.

I was allowed to exist in my own space. That availability to be free and openminded lead to a deep desire to stay in my own world.

I was also an only child for eight years, so I was genuinely alone. Being at home is my escape from the world. Sometimes, I see myself in Patrick the Star who lives under a rock.

Distracted from the “real” world?

I don’t watch the news and I don’t pay attention to celebrity gossip that goes around the world. While earning my Political Communication Studies degree, I learned about the flaws of Mass Media and Framing which further supports my decision not to live a sedentary, tv-watching life.

When it comes to the news, they frame stories out of context in order to hook the consumers and feed whatever agenda (belief) they are pushing at the time. Each news outlet releases information targeted to a specific audience – that information may or may not be true.

I say that to say, I’m not looking to be any more conditioned and programmed than I already am. I want my imagination to remain unrestrained by society’s limits on the brain, especially in the school system.

Being distracted is going on purposeful tangents. Briefly speaking about my sentiments of the Framing Theory gives understanding to why I prefer not to watch tv.

Your imagination is powerful. Pay attention to it.

At some point between our teenage years and early adult years, we are taught to kill our imagination – to only focus on what’s physically manifested in front of us.

Anything outside of that vision is said to be irrelevant or impossible to achieve. Yet…

Our world thrives on the creativity discovered through imagination.

A direct example is the device you’re reading this message on – this device was created by someone who imagined this reality being possible.

They saw it in their mind’s eye.

Sometimes, our brain just needs a break.

Remember, resting is just as important as taking action.

Who knows, that break might just lead to a breakthrough.

Without a doubt in my mind, distractions can lead to success.

With peace,

Veronica Speaks

P.S. Writing this blog took me 1 month to finish. I had the image completed on April 15, 2022.