For a long time, it seemed like distraction was looked at negatively: it’s the thing to avoid aggressively, because it will tank your productivity and your vision for how you want your life to look like. But now it seems like more of us look to distraction in a positive light: it’s the thing that keeps us from having to deal with the difficulties life throws our way. It numbs our emotional state and makes us not feel the weight of pain, anxiety, grief, and other stressors.
Read MoreNow, I had never done spiritual direction at this point and didn’t know much about it. But I was willing to take any kind of support at this moment, knowing that the possibility of it doing something beneficial and good in my life was pretty high.
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