belief over time
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If you think disenchantment is a sign of disaster, youâll probably abandon what youâre doing. In order to stick with anything for a long period of time, you have to believe that disenchantment is a normal, healthy part of experience. Continuity is only possible if change is factored in.
- Now, Muriel Spark is said to have felt that she was taking dictation from God every morningâsitting there, one supposes, plugged into a Dictaphone, typing away, humming. But this is a very hostile and aggressive position. One might hope for bad things to rain down on a person like this.â
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Thereâs this joke I make a lot about having âreal thoughtsââreal thoughts in this case referring to an opinion thatâs not reflexive, not a product of your immediate environment. Something that springs from actual sustained engagement with the world around you. Itâs hard to have a real thought. Thatâs the fightâsticking with something long enough to have actually meaningful observations. You have to weather a lot of peaks and troughs to get there, but the time spent is worth it.