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Distraction (n.) makes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a man less guilty, perhaps even justified, a lamentable justification that stillness takes away.

Distraction (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠throwing your care away but not upon God — a doubtful remedy, for the care comes back as a still bitterer sorrow.

Distraction (n.) work ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠may make melancholy seem forgotten, but it is not; it breaks out more dreadfully than ever and takes you off guard.

Distraction (n.) through ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠work, busy occupation and diversions is the effort to keep an obscurity about one's own condition, without letting it become clear that this is why one does it.

Distraction (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠casting care away but not onto God, a dubious remedy from which the care returns as a bitterer sorrow; casting it all onto God is collectedness, a gathering that leaves one free of care.