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    day 9: the inside noise of pleasing people.

    So far we’ve talked about two layers of outside noise that prevent a life of purposeful simplicity: purposeless busyness and media. But when I’m peeling back the layers of noise I eventually hit a wall unless I’m willing to look inside my own heart. I can control and arrange external circumstances to some extent, but in the end that’s not really what quiets me. The problem of a noisy heart isn’t outside of me. The problem of a noisy heart is me. Even after trusting Jesus to save me and becoming a Christian, I’ve continued to run hard after a whole host of things to find satisfaction and happiness and…