Amos 8:5 · World English Bible
Saying, ‘When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
A person's standing question decides which days of their life will feel like an obstacle. Gain as a governing question turns rest into an interruption, and an interruption is something a man endures rather than receives.
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A person's standing question decides which days of their life will feel like an obstacle.
Gain as a governing question turns rest into an interruption, and an interruption is something a man endures rather than receives. Waiting produces a low, irritable state, and a low state takes whatever shortcut is offered, which is how a merchant who never set out to cheat begins shaving the measure.
Impatience with a holy day and a tampered weight are one mechanism at two stages. A man who lives years under that question loses the ability to enjoy any day he is not earning on, and eventually the ability to trust his own hands.
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What question am I running on all day, and which parts of my life does it turn into an interruption?
There is no greater poverty than wanting more. The man who cannot be content treats every unprofitable hour as a loss.
Craving is what makes ordinary life feel like waiting. Once grasping sets the terms, no present moment is ever quite acceptable.
Who is rich? The one who is glad with what he has. Wealth is a state of mind before it is a figure.
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