Superficial distractions overtaking awareness

What’s something you believe everyone should know.

It’s a paradox when people’s focus is on appearances rather than substance. Joining what is the popular movement without dissecting what is at the core.

The branding of a product was banned due to concerns from a small fringe group finding it offensive, yet the harmful ingredients to the body remain unchanged in the product. The focus is solely emotional.

The image outside takes precedence over the true issue of the impact of what’s actually within.

By focusing on the branding to avoid offending a few, they shift attention to the packaging while ignoring the actual impact of the danger inside.

It highlights how decisions are sometimes made to appease surface-level concerns rather than focusing on logic, leaving deeper issues, like health effects, unchallenged.

Social media is a major driver in shifting focus toward disinformation, seemingly diminishing the brain’s capacity and awareness to recognize what’s truly important.

Emotional triggers are powerful motivators, playing a crucial role in sustaining focus on specific issues. However, the urge to repost topics without proper research can lead to the spread of fraudulent information, fueled by emotional arousal to engage in the discussion.

Take a moment and clear your mind, shut down your emotional chaos and breathe. Realize the silliness of it all.

Don’t let it interfere with achieving happiness in your life.

Don’t let it push away people who once meant something beautiful in your life.

Don’t let it overwhelm and overtake your life.

We are in control of our thoughts and emotions.

Live life without fear of being unknown.

Tune out the blather.

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Freemason and father of two boys and a girl, living in Los Angeles, California. Emerson College Alumni always looking for a new adventure. Eight years of Catholic school, now Taoist leaning trying to be Zen in my journey of life.

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