Why do these outside events distract you so much? Give yourself time to learn something worthwhile, and stop wandering around aimlessly. You must also watch out for another kind of wandering. Some people stay busy with work and effort, but they have no clear purpose to guide their actions and desires.
Why should any of these things that happen externally, so much distract thee? Give thyself leisure to learn some good thing, and cease roving and wandering to and fro. Thou must also take heed of another kind of wandering, for they are idle in their actions, who toil and labour in this life, and have no certain scope to which to direct all their motions, and desires.