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Related to posts for the past two days. Also calls into question the whole Pascalian criticism of "busy-ness" and the (supposedly, according to the classical tradition) numb-skull avoidance of ennui through constant activity. From Escriva's Furrow:

Sadness and uneasiness grow in proportion to the time you waste. When you feel a holy impatience to use every minute you will be filled with joy and peace, because you will not be thinking about yourself.

How to square (distinguish) holy and good busyness with (from) secular and existential-numbing busyness? I suspect that question is a lot more delicate than it might first appear.

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