C.S. Lewis wrote: "The process will be long and in parts very painful, but that is what we are in for."
C.S. Lewis knew what life was. He understood it and didn’t expect life to be anything but life. A lot of people in our lives will try and make us believe life is unfair or life is bad. If you were to look at life as a mathematic equation it would look like this:
Life=Life
Not:
Life=Unfair or
Life=Hard
Life is life and there’s no way of changing it. Life is what a person makes it. People who believe the latter two equations are full of wishful thoughts. For these people, life will be hard because they make it so by their thoughts. In the end, the only place wishful thinking will get you is in the gutters. Sadness and depression will take over frequently because it’s not what was expected. This will lead you to believe Life=Unfair. This is simply not true. Do not mistake wishful thinking however for wishes and dreams. Wishful thinking is wanting something that just isn’t, where wishes and dreams are goals in which a person wishes to accomplish.
If a person wishes to be unhappy all they need to have is wishful thinking.
3 comments:
Wow Chase. Excellent post. And so very true, as we have of course experienced first hand.
So true. I'm less worried about the fall though, and more about the sudden stop at the end. I don't care how fair or hard life is, I care about what happens afterward.
C. S. Lewis is my fav! So glad you're reading and enjoying him.
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