Camino Del Alma Minute

The Humane Spectrum

Distraction is anything that puts us in our heads. The problem of course is that most of us are already there. Experts say in fact, 60,000 thoughts a day. Individuals on a different speed than the world around them can be challenging. Imagine ‘shame’ for speeding on the highway (as silly as that sounds) and you understand the anxiety, rapid speech, and hyperactive thinking of a distractible person. Always speeding. Always being told to slow down. Always breaking the speed limit. Always feeling like they are overwhelming anyone they interact with. Their first impulse is to be aware of their impulses. It’s this vigilance that creates anxiety. Hyperactivity and distractibility quickly become another reason to apologize for ‘‘how’ they are. Ironically, this energy has nothing to do with ‘what’ they are…a to be alive force that wants to reach its fullest expression…just like everyone else.