Our mind is a flowing something. It oscillates. Concentration is merely the continuous return to the same problem … - Frank Laubach

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But it kills me, this fascination with celebrities' personal lives.

Frank Laubach

Our mind is a flowing something. It oscillates. Concentration is merely the continuous return to the same problem from a million angles. . . . So my problem is this: Can I bring the Lord back in my mind-flow every few seconds so that God shall always be in my mind?

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