There's nothing legitimate about them. Of themselves, the delight in riches and the desire for other things are nothing but frivolousness and foolishness and frippery. These distractions are shallow, as shallow as cares are profound. Still, whether profound or shallow, distractions are distractions. They cause to wither that developing faith which to date has given every indication of flourishing.
Distractions appear to be insignificant.
But in matters of the Spirit, says Jesus, distractions are as deadly as Satan's most frontal assault. The fourth kind of soil is fertile soil, uncluttered, receptive. The yield is mind-boggling. There's more to be said. Anyone who possesses a lamp holds it up so that the light which has enlightened him may enlighten others in turn.