Life is full of distractions. When you lose someone so precious to you as a child, nothing is important anymore. Life feels empty and just distractions are left. Distractions that are used to just fill up your day, so you can go to bed and do it all again the next day and the next. Each day going by brings you that much closer to being with that person again.
I think the scariest thing would be for one to realize all they have in life are distractions. It's so important to give our Heavenly Father and our families and friends top importance because nothing else matters.