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From: "Uncle Davey" <noway@jose.com>
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Subject: What we need is simpleness of mind...
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 10:18:21 +0200
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A lot of the things which concern us are of no eternal significance, they
are just distractors. We need to gain discernment as to which things are
worth concentrating on, and which can be blocked out. For example, I don't
like cricket, so whenever cricket has been on the TV or radio, it has just
washed over me without me retaining any of it. When I was a kid and my dad
listened to the cricket on the radio, the first I noticed the radio was on
was when he turned it off.
I never suffered for my lack of interest in cricket, but how many other
things as useless to me as cricket have been the object of fascination and
the driver of wasted time.
We need to hold our attention to things that build us up, and be kind of
oblivious to things which really do nothing for us, and actively shun things
that harm us.
We need to look at our objectives and prioritise things which help us
achieve them, not allowing ourselves to be tempted by little mental trinkets
that glitter by the wayside.
If you've read this far, that especially applies to you.
Uncle Davey
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