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Distractions...
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Who was it who said that Variety is the essence of Life?
Some wanderer with no ambition, I suppose.
But what of the committed individual, treading a path
Of logical progression, toward a pre-defined goal?
We are all susceptible to external influences
And can easily fall prey to meaningless desires and disguised emotion
Yet such folly can pay no rewards!
How must we avoid such senseless and wasteful distractions?
Any answer is far easier to speak of than to implement, I suggest.
The solution must be to totally ignore them
By excluding them forcefully from your active field of vision
And building an effectively impregnable Wall.
But nothing is perfect, no matter how well constructed, in the human domain
So be prepared to retract, and re-establish your defences, occasionally
And never, ever, be persuaded to remove even one brick -
Or into some trap or another
You will surely fall!
FCTG : 6/5/86
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