My chosen form of LA LA. Ignoring that which is eroding, caustic, challenging or past my threshold of blunt force survival is sieved from memory or contemplation. Aloof is not simply protective but selective in the boundaries of intellect, education and emotional maturity. If I consign myself to realities that remain absent the provocative or challenging then my personal evolution to superior thinking plateaus rob me of potential and limit outcomes.

If I were to be king of my transformation and had instructive authority over all induced stimuli effectively siphoning off any unpleasant or difficult episodes, then I will authorize a lesser state of ability consistent with this protective process. Saving myself from the pain and trials of life is no gift but rather an alternate assault upon the productive system known as the training ground of this world. It is what it is not to be mean but in that the proper grade of abrasion removes the correct level of callous or anodized covering necessary for achievement in polish.

So, seeking escape or protection from those natural or Divine opportunities to produce offspring of the pregnant situations and relationships effective stymies the true intended course of discipline and difficulty. Is that what you really want? Do you wish to escape, hide from or completely inhibit the wonderful acidity and abrasive goodness of a world designed to prepare for harder days to come?

No one enjoys pain, trial and challenging tests except for the man who faces all trials in Joy. This is a thing of Christ. Understanding that absent the judgment spectra of “Good Trials or Bad” we are simply handed a gross progression of ordered events made to build our stamina, emotional IQ and comfort. What we do with them depends entirely on how they are met, avoided or escaped. The suitable advice then becomes the Word in James and Philippians to face or count or rejoice always knowing that this series of successive events met in joy invites the participation of Divine Intervention living within the heart of them who believe.