tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post8233538533511771994..comments2024-02-15T03:29:30.431-06:00Comments on Rome of the West: BusynessMark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-45698076497571753892012-05-21T23:23:32.210-05:002012-05-21T23:23:32.210-05:00"the same trap of thinking that their time is..."the same trap of thinking that their time is their own, which seems to be near the root of the problem." <br /><br />C.S. Lewis stated the same idea eloquently in The Screwtape Letters: <br /><br />"He (Wormwood's 'patient') is not yet so uncharitable or slothful that these small demands on his courtesy are in themselves too much for it. They anger him because he regards his time as his own and feels that it is being stolen. You must therefore zealously guard in his mind the curious assumption 'My time is my own.' Let him feel that he starts each day as the lawful possessor of twenty-four hours. Let him feel as a grievious tax that portion which he has to make over to his employers, and as a generous donation that further portion which he allows to religious duties. But what he must never be permitted to doubt is that the total from which these deductions have been made is, in some mysterious sense, his personal birthright."Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12891452878064992022noreply@blogger.com