A great many people (not you) do now seem to think that the mere state of being worried is in itself meritorious. I don’t think it is. We must, if it so happens, give our lives for others: but even while we’re doing it, I think we’re meant to enjoy…our friends, our food, our sleep, our jokes, and the birds song and the frosty sunrise.
As about the distant, so about the future. It is very dark: but there’s usually light enough for the next step or so.
— C.S. Lewis, from a letter to Bede Griffiths, December 20, 1944, in “Yours, Jack. Spiritual Direction from C.S. Lewis” (HarperCollins, 2008)
Notes:
- Thank you Kurt @ Cultural Offering via tail-feathers
- Post Title & Inspiration: Aldous Huxley: “It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.