Deception

Deception is defined as a person causing someone to believe something that is not true in order to gain some personal advantage. Let’s stop and think about that for a moment……….. okay are you ready now? Good because I am, how many times do we look on social media or tv shows or even our neighbors, friends or relatives and think to ourselves man, they must be doing so well because they look like this, that and the other? I must admit I am guilty which is one of the reasons why I am not big on social media; and this is not to say that everyone that is posting things on social media is deceiving you but a good portion of individuals are and may or may not even be aware of it. The thing about deception is it causes you to lose focus on what we are really supposed to be doing in life and redirects our attention to things that should not be as relevant to us such as cars, money, love, fame, glam etc. This is not to say that having those things are bad because they are not however, there is way more to life than those things and we were not placed on this earth just to acquire them. When someone is deceptive the issue really lies with them and their own unresolved issues which generally has nothing to do with us. The problem with us comes into play when we fall into the deception so much so that it affects our lives our way of thinking and our focus. Can you imagine how much better your life could be if you were not caught up into the deception of others and turned that energy around on you and whatever you are supposed to be doing in life? You may even become famous or wealthy in your own right just for doing what you were purposed to do. Who knows? But you will never know if you continue to allow yourself to be caught up in the deception of others because remember deception is nothing more than an illusion of someone doing things to make you believe that what they have going on is real for their own advantages which proves my point that it has nothing to do with you. So, let’s turn it around and make it about you by redirecting our attention from deception to purpose and no longer allowing ourselves to get caught up in things that are designed to take our focus off what we are purposed to do to make ourselves great!