DEFLECTION in self-defense is actually to avert something from happening. If a fist swings wildly toward your head the DEFLECTION keeps it from landing. This term is a synonym of DIVERT and yet has a slightly different meaning.
DEFLECTION redirects, and yet in the sense of useable energy the redirected threat may not be practically reclaimed. An example that comes to mind is a bullet. Yes the bullet is “redirected” by the steel barrier yet it actually occurs as a DEFLECTION.
This DEFLECTION in Life Defense may be mental, emotional, or verbal bullets headed for vital organs of your time or goals , and the damage that results is lost time, lost focus, lost productivity in things that really matter in life.
If DEFLECTION is then a matter of DEFLECTING the dangerous or even unnecessary in life then it follows advise given from icons such as Steve Jobs, or Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee said, “It is not daily increase but daily decrease, hack away the unessential. The closer to the source, the less wastage there is.” In our definition it could also be said as the “DEFLECTION of the unessential.”
A Life Defense mantra then would be to DEFLECT those things that could damage us like deadly penetrating “bullets,” aimed at vital points of our body. DEFLECTING those little daily bullets, keeps us on track in life!
These distractions may come dressed in the innocent garb of doing good by attending a benefit event, watching the well deserved entire season of Game of Thrones, or allowing a friend to vent their frustrations at the current policies or actions of the media or government for hours on end.
This is where you must decide. What do you really stand for and what needs to be DEFLECTED. DEFLECT!
