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- Lives often fall into mundane routine even after turmoil
- We develop a habitual method of ignoring events that troubled the past
- We choose to hide in day-to-day existence
- Section II opens by naming the quiet aftershock, not only the crisis peak
- Habit can bury unfinished trials under ordinary motion
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  Dean opens Section II by naming the aftershock: even after turmoil, lives slide
  into mundane routine, habitually ignoring past trouble and hiding in day-to-day
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description: >
  Chapter 15 opener — after turmoil, mundane routine and habitual ignoring hide
  unfinished trials in day-to-day existence.
---

# Mundane Routine After Turmoil

**Author:** Dean Rush  
**Book:** *Flying Free* · **Chapter 15:** Fly Inverted – A Different View  
**Full book:** [deanrush.net/downloads/flyingfreebook.md](https://deanrush.net/downloads/flyingfreebook.md)

## Context for the Reader

This chapter opens Section II – Take Proper Action. The chapter title uses flying inverted (upside down) as a picture of a completely different view — but Dean’s prose here is brief. This lesson stays with what he actually writes: the quiet slide back into mundane routine after turmoil.

> Voice note: Everything under **Dean's excerpt** is Dean's original prose (lightly cleaned only). Sections marked **Biblical foundations**, **Scholar sidebar**, **Takeaways**, and **First-time learner** are enrichment for Asker / first readers — not Dean speaking.

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## Biblical foundations (preface)

Dean names post-crisis numbness. Scripture warns against sleepwalking through days, forgetting trials that still need light, and mistaking ordinary motion for healing.

| Dean's claim | Scriptural undercarriage |
| --- | --- |
| Lives fall into mundane routine even after turmoil | Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead (Ephesians 5:14); look carefully how you walk (Ephesians 5:15–16) |
| Habitual ignoring of past trouble | Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper (Proverbs 28:13); confess your sins to one another (James 5:16) |
| Hide in day-to-day existence | Martha was distracted with much serving (Luke 10:40–42); do not be conformed to this world (Romans 12:2) |

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## Dean's excerpt

### Hide in the day-to-day

Our lives often fall into a mundane routine, even after we experience turmoil. We develop a habitual method of ignoring those events that troubled our past and choose to hide in the day-to-day existence.

> **Scholar sidebar — Routine is not recovery**  
> Ephesians 5:14–16 calls sleepers awake to careful walking. Proverbs 28:13 and James 5:16 resist habitual ignoring. Luke 10:40–42 shows busy ordinary life can still miss the needful thing. Dean invents no inverted-flight story here — only the post-turmoil hide.

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## Takeaways

1. **After, not only during.** Turmoil’s sequel can be dull routine.
2. **Habit of ignoring.** Past troubles get a practiced blind eye.
3. **Chosen hide.** Day-to-day existence can be a shelter from unfinished truth.
4. **Section II starts here.** Proper action may first mean noticing the numbness.
5. **Short prose, sharp claim.** Do not pad what Dean did not write.

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## First-time learner

### What is Dean saying in one sentence?
Even after turmoil, lives often slide into mundane routine — habitually ignoring past trouble and hiding in day-to-day existence.

### Why does this open “Take Proper Action”?
Because action that never faces what the routine is covering is only more hiding.

### Key verses to read with this lesson
- **Ephesians 5:14–16** — Awake; walk carefully.
- **Proverbs 28:13** — Concealing does not prosper.
- **James 5:16** — Confess; pray for one another.
- **Luke 10:40–42** — Distracted serving vs needful thing.
- **Romans 12:2** — Do not be conformed.

### A simple practice
List one past turmoil you have been “successfully” ignoring inside ordinary days. Write one honest sentence about it — no fix yet, only un-hiding.

### How this feeds Ask Dean
Seed material for: *What does Dean say happens after turmoil? How do people hide in routine? Why start Section II there?*