Chapter 25

Distraction,Focus

&Questions

by Wesley Fryereyesright.speedofcreativity.org

Twitter: @wfryer

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“The real trouble about the set your patient is living in is

that it is merely Christian...What we want, if men become Christians at

all, is to keep them in a state of mind I call ‘Christianity And’.”

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“If they must be Christians let them at least be Christians

with a difference. Substitute for the faith itself some Fashion

with a Christian coloring. Work on their horror of the Same

Old Thing.”Thursday, August 11, 11

fashion or faith?

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fashion or faith?

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fashion or

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“The horror of the Same Old Thing is one of the most valuable passions we have

produced in the human heart... He [God] has balanced the love of change in them by a

love of permanence.”Thursday, August 11, 11

“...just as we pick out and exaggerate the pleasure of

eating to produce gluttony, so we pick out this natural

pleasantness of change and twist it into a demand for

absolute novelty.”

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changing fashions

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marketing dissatisfaction

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“Only by our incessant efforts is the demand for infinite, or unrhyhmical,

change kept up... it diminishes pleasure while increasing

desire.”

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“The game is to have them all running about with fire

extinguishers whenever there is a flood, and all crowding to that side of the boat which is

already nearly gunwale under.”

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“...the greatest triumph of all is to elevate this horror of the Same Old Thing into a

philosophy so that nonsense in the intellect may reinforce

corruption in the will.”

(rationalizing a focus on fashion?)

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It’s easy to be distracted and choose distraction

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How can wemaintain focus

&avoid distraction?

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“The Enemy [God] loves platitudes. Of a proposed course of action He wants

men, as far as I can see, to ask very simple questions; is it

righteous? is it prudent? is it possible?”

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“...if we can keep men asking ‘Is it in accordance with the general movement of our time? Is it progressive or

reactionary? Is this the way that History is going?’ they

will neglect the relevant questions.”

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what are the simple questions?

what are the prudent questions?

(which help us maintain focus & avoid distraction)Thursday, August 11, 11