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Desperate for Distraction: Why We’re Bad at Being Alone

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The Sermon on the Mount

John Bunyan described christian's path as leading through the stir of vanity. The world outside my room stands with hand outstretched, ready to invite me into its fellowship. But slowly, if we fail to keep watch the good portion, the one thing necessary, the quiet closet, becomes forgotten. That rural religion, green, organic is moves closer to the city of metal machines. In commotion, three dangers i notice threaten my desire for solitude with god first. A friendly world. Busy building vanities upon the seashore to keep him from considering that he is a creature dying,. or, as jesus depicted, a withering branch soon to be cast into the fire

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