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In a recent blog, marketing expert Seth Godin made this observation in a piece called, \u201cLost in a digital world.\u201d\u00a0 Godin writes:<\/p>\n

Allison Miller<\/a>, aged 14, sends and receives 27,000 text messages a month. Hey, that\u2019s only about sixty an hour, every hour she\u2019s awake.<\/em><\/li>\n
Some say that the problem of our age is that continuous partial attention, this never ending non-stop distraction, addles the brain and prevents us from being productive. Not quite.<\/em><\/li>\n
The danger is not distraction, the danger is the ability to hide.<\/em><\/li>\n
Constant inputs and unlimited potential distractions allow us to avoid the lizard, they give the resistance a perfect tool. Everywhere to run, everywhere to hide.<\/em><\/li>\n
The advantage of being cornered with nowhere to turn is that it leaves you face to face with the lizard brain, unable to stall or avoid the real work\u2026.<\/em><\/li>\n
Ten years ago, no one was lost in this world. You had to play dungeons and dragons in a storm pipe to do that. Now there are millions and millions of us busy polishing our connections, reaching out, reacting, responding and hiding. What happens to your productivity (and your fear) when you turn it off for a while?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Understandably Godin\u2019s focus is on productivity, but his observations have their application to the spiritual world as well.<\/p>\n
Are we distracted?\u00a0 Yes, I\u2019m convinced that we are.\u00a0 Who wouldn\u2019t be in a world that moves as quickly as ours does?<\/p>\n
But we are also hiding in plain sight.\u00a0 The variety of distractions and the busyness of our world have given us cover for a failure to focus.\u00a0 We can run, but we don\u2019t need to hide.\u00a0 All we need to do is to keep on running.<\/p>\n
And because we can take refuge in the demands that colleagues and others have made on our time, there is no end to the number of places that we can run with seemingly good reasons.\u00a0 The net result can be months on end without focus, that are filled with activity.<\/p>\n
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Is there work that God has called you to do that never gets done?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Are there neglected dimensions of your spiritual life that you don\u2019t want to face, but you know require your attention?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Are there wounds or failures for which you have never found healing or forgiveness?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
There\u2019s no doubt that you are busy.\u00a0 We all are.\u00a0 But you might be hiding in plain sight from the work that you really need to do.<\/p>\n
Seth\u2019s blog, by the way, can be found at:<\/p>\n
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