distraction

Tale-bearing emits a threefold poison; for it injures the teller, the hearer, and the person concerning whom the tale is told.

All profound distraction opens certain doors. You have to allow yourself to be distracted when you are unable to concentrate.

They say you don__ get over someone until you find someone or something better. As humans, we don__ deal well with emptiness. Any empty space must be filled. Immediately. The pain of emptiness is too strong. It compels the victim to fill that place. A single moment with that empty spot causes excruciating pain. That__ why we run from distraction to distraction__nd from attachment to attachment.

She had become so much more accustomed to hard work and opposition than to adulation that the only emotion she had felt had been one of acute discomfort.

To all the readers,whom despitethe attraction of tv,of internet,of family troubles,of video games,of sport,of night clubs,have found some hoursso we can all dream together.

Children contend with parents who are physically close, tantalizingly so, but mentally elsewhere.

Even those who know better, such as the King, nurse strange ideas about me as a prophet. They do not understand that I am given to see only those matters that roil the heavens. They expect me to know everything.

Distraction leaches the authenticity out of our communications. When we are not emotionally present, we are gliding over the surface of our interactions and we never tangle in the depths where the nuances of our skills are tested and refined.

Though you can get smart from reading everything that a smart person writes, you cannot get famous from reading about everything that a famous person does or is said to have done.

Sand was dribbling out of the bag of her attention, faster and faster.

Some people might enjoy drain water if they were told it was vodka.

The simple rhythms of nature are calling you. Let them wash away the clutter and distractions from your false life.

Grant made the perfect candidate, a war hero with indistinct views on most political issues.

Creating chaos provides excitement for some people, especially those who are uneasy with silence, those who distract themselves from their own problems by focusing outward, those who feel empty inside and need to fill themselves up with activity, and those who were raised in an environment in which harmony and peace were unknown.

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.

I need a drink. Now.__fter tossing__ine, throwing__y purse and keys on the couch, I march straight into the kitchen. No more delays; it's time to forget tonight. It__ been yet another night like all the other first dates that never meet a second one. When you begin to lose count, that's when it's really time for a drink.Adrian stands there, leaning against the counter in an unbuttoned dress shirt and dark wash jeans. He glances at me as I walk in. __ow was your date?_ he asks, taking a swig of his scotch.I brush past him on my mission, opening the cupboard and moving a couple bottles around. I reiterate, __ need alcohol.__ut of the corner of my eye, I catch him hiding a smile before he says, __hat bad?__y face twitches as I ignore his line of questioning. It is more like a statement he wants me to clarify, even though he already knows the answer. Instead, I ask, __ have vodka left, don't I?_ I stand on my tiptoes in hopes of spotting something in the very back. Nothing.He waltzes over and looks with me, his chin almost touching my shoulder. __ think you polished that one off after last week's date._ His voice is low right next to my ear, very nearly causing a shiver.

I should have learned mindfulness, and it__ too late now because it__ no good learning it when you__e already in crisis: you have to start when things are good. But only the very, very oddest would think, Hey, my life is perfect. I know! I__l sit and waste twenty minutes Observing My Thoughts without Judgement.

This is the problem about thinking about something else to take your mind off something. It works for a little while, but in the end you always come back to the thing you were trying not to think about, only now whatever it was is worse.