I used to love to untangle chains when I was a child. I had thin, busy fingers, and I never gave up. Perhaps there was a psychiatric component to my concentration but like much of my psychic damage, this worked to everyone's advantage.
“Our sages of blessed memory have said that we must not enjoy any pleasure in this world without reciting a blessing.”
“I only did my duty to my country when I tried to oppose the criminal folly of Hitler.”