We read to know we're not alone.
William NicholsonTags: reading misattributed-to-c-s-lewis
Today begins my walk with you. Where you go, I go. Where you stay, I stay. When you sleep, I will sleep. When you rise, I will rise. I will pass my days within the sound of your voice, and my nights within the reach of your hand. And none shall come between us. - Manth Vow
William NicholsonExperience is a brutal teacher, but you learn fast.
William NicholsonUse your power gently.
William NicholsonI am as I am. The world is as it is. Whether I am content with that has very little to do with it.
William NicholsonTags: shadowlands
We are the slaves of slaves
William NicholsonHe accepted what each moment brough him, and never troubled himself with matters that were outside his control.
William NicholsonIn the midst of aches in the joints, anxiety over the payment of bills, concern for the safety of those you love, envy of the rich, fear of robbers, dog-weariness at the end of a long day, and the unacceptable slipping away of youth, there does occasionally appear, like a ray of light piercing the clouds, a moment of joy. Perhaps you have entered the house and sat down before removing your boots. A friend has pressed a drink into your hands, and is telling you the latest news. You see from his face that he's glad you've come in; and you are glad too. Glad to be sitting down, glad of the warming glow of the dirnk, glad of your friend's furrowed brow and eager speech. For this moment, nothing more is required. It is in its way unimprovable. This is what I mean by the Great Enough.
William NicholsonTags: friendship relief great-enough
HARRINGTON: And God hears your prayer, doesn't he? We hear Joy's getting better.
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LEWIS: That's not why I pray, Harry. I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me, waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God, it changes me.
To put it another way, pain is God's megaphone to rouse a deaf world. Why must it be pain? Why can't he rouse us more gently, with violins or laughter? Because the dream from which we must be wakened, is the dream that all is well.
William NicholsonTags: pain god suffering c-s-lewis
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