Is there a connection between constant distraction and overall dissatisfaction? I believe there is. So I decided to try something.

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Here’s a quick overview of what I’ve been working on! Excited to be back with you all soon!

What happens when a society no longer values standards?

Modernity believes killing ideals will increase the value of the ordinary. The truth however, is that; without Perfect there is no Decent.

“Every ideal is a judge.” -Jordan Peterson

Dive deeper:

Little Places & The Recovery of Civilization by Eva Brann https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2021/06/little-places-recovery-civilization-timeless-eva-brann-90.html

The Fading of Forgiveness by Tim Keller https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2021/06/little-places-recovery-civilization-timeless-eva-brann-90.html

How is happiness found? One view is, happiness is having no problems. To be met with no obstacles and live with no attachments... To do what you want, when you want.

The other view is that; happiness is having good problems. To face real challenges, to live with real stakes, to have a Everest worth climbing. We don’t change unless we have to. Without challenge there is no growth. There is only the tiny, self obsessed, empty world inside our snow globe.

Today on Not A Victim.

Read Rod’s piece: “Lotus Eaters & The Experience Machine” https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/lotus-eaters-robert-nozick-experience-machine/

Check out the article: https://zachrudolph.substack.com/p/jordan-peterson-stranger-things-and

I’m sick of playing defense. I’m sick of lamenting. It’s time to stop reacting and state our case Before it’s too late.

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Under every vice is a need. Under every moment of self sabotage is a longing. The longer we pretend it isn’t there, the longer we draw out the pain.

Today on Not A Victim, how do we get past the beliefs that hold up the walls of our isolation so we might begin to see with new eyes?

“I know too much

I think I know my way around,

Too smart to feel a heart break now

Too old let my safeguards down.

Where'd the wonder go?

Trading magic for a measured hope,

Traded dreaming for a worn out home

Tired of being in control.

In the cosmic light,

In the by and by

I wanna see your heart

Through my younger eyes.

I wanna hear your voice

In the rain and wind

I wanna know it's safe to be

A child again.” -NEEDTOBREATHE

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Today we explore the stupidity of “Happy Nihilism” then dive into an excerpt from “The Weight of Glory” by C.S. Lewis

“That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete.” -Willa Cather

Check out my articles! https://zachrudolph.substack.com/p/the-necessity-and-impotence-of-fame?justPublished=true

Sources: https://www.google.com/amp/s/paulvanderklay.me/2015/02/18/the-specific-pleasure-of-the-inferior/amp/

https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/08/26/willa-cather-my-antonia-happiness/

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Trying something new… https://zachrudolph.substack.com/p/megachurch?r=rep67&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy

What props up our anxiety? What lies are going undetected? Do we quietly believe that we are responsible for everyone and everything? Today we get into moral OCD, shame, and the way out.

“I have never had clarity; what I have always had is opportunities to trust.” -Mother Teresa

More on Moral OCD: https://www.accounseling.org/religious-and-moral-scrupulosity-in-christians/?unapproved=3880&moderation-hash=93ccf48003b939806176bf2f4f7d3f59#comment-3880

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