The Inner Ring

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And if in your spare time you consort simply with the people you like, you will again find that you have come unawares to a real inside: that you are indeed snug and safe at the centre of something which, seen from without, would look exactly like an Inner Ring.

CS Lewis Society of California - • The Inner Ring

C.S. Lewis writes about how to avoid this:

The quest of the Inner Ring will break your hearts unless you break it. But if you break it, a surprising result will follow. If in your working hours you make the work your end, you will presently find yourself all unawares inside the only circle in your profession that really matters. You will be one of

Yancey Strickler • When Your Purpose Is 1-of-1

“But it is like that C.S. Lewis line from The Inner Ring.” He glanced at the quote, which hangs framed in his office. “‘The true road lies in quite another direction.’”