Not everything that is faced can be .... and 'shiny things'

 Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
~ James Baldwin

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2021/10/09/faced/

...makes me think of the benefit of a practice of mindful awareness because it expresses the choice we can make when we are attracted by the next 'shiny' thing.