Do you ever feel like your wants and desires in life are just distractions?

I think that once you realize your distractions there are no longer unwillingly controlling you.

Yes, sometimes we may encounter desires that aren't beneficial or useful for us, but if we actually realize this fact then it is up to us whether we let ourselves distracted or not.

Undoubtedly you are your own worst enemy and biggest saboteur- but you can also be your own master and your own boss.

Greater men came out in glory surviving greater distractions they've encountered and conquered in life.

It may truly depend, for it is a matter of learning from those than just avoiding your wants and desires.

It may not also inhibit your growth and knowledge by exploring the adventure that could bring into your life. Enhancing the potentials and by knowing one's capacity as a person. The limits and cautions may unfold...I believe it's more of a waste of life limiting much of what you can possibly do, or be.

Have a wonderful time..!

its not too weird. i was the same way, long ago. my biggest realization came as an older teenager, when i somehow realized that the contrived "hot spots" for night-time craziness, were just a facade. before then, i'd partied til my eyeballs were bloody and i couldn't remember times with friends i couldn't forget.

what these were distractions from, was the quest to become the best i can continue to be -- on the Path of Spirituality (not religion, spiritual awareness and its application in my life as the purpose for which i might be around.) i know, i know -- this may sound nerdy at first; but yeah, i've been a beautiful young woman and must've done it all and seen it all. the thing about humans is how we're complex. at 64, i'm just as enthused about what my own "direction" had become. its funny too, how one can meet persons -- including right soul-mates -- along the way.

whatever the distractions in your life are keeping you "from" -- my sincere hope is that you're able to find yourself closer to the answers. thanks for considering my personal thoughts/experience. best wishes.

Well I think it's all perspective. To some people the meaning of life is bettering themselves which maybe take time on things others would term useless.

Some want to settle down with a family, others would call courting a women a distraction I suppose.

It all depends on where you want to go.

You might learn meditation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_meditation http://www.freemeditations.com/ http://www.jackkornfield.com/ for example; it helps focus.

Also, "The Answer You're Looking for Is inside You," by Mark Prophet, and

"Man, Master of His Destiny," Omraam Aivanhov, have helped many.

Good fortune re "knowing yourself and your destiny/divine plan." Other goods are added, and reading helpful advice such as "For Couples Only," Shaunti Feldhahn, "SuperFreakonomics," Steven Levitt, "The Great Divorce," C. S. Lewis, and "Outliers," Malcolm Gladwell, help that.

"Free from passion and desire,

You have stripped the thorns from the stem." -- Buddha

I read somewhere once a quote about happiness, it went something like this.

A man said to The Buddha, "I want happiness."

To which the Buddha replied,

'Remove "I" that is the ego,

Remove "Want" that is desire,

See how you are only left with happiness?'

aren't you then desiring that 'something else'? it's not desire that's the problem. those material desires are your need of an exterior life, and the something else is your more immediate need of an interior life. (that's how extroverts and introverts come about) what we all need is to create a balance of the two. (interior and exterior)

only you can decide if what you are doing is worth the effort. just remember that there is no such thing as a free lunch, something always has to give.

Yes!

yes sometimes.