Let me guess. It was a bad day. You were mondo discouraged over some recurring sitch. Just off the top of my head...
For its time, it was true. And it will be true again. C.S. Lewis says somewhere that we are never a complete undivided self. To live in Time and Space by its very nature means to always leave some part of you behind. What you were even a moment ago is not quite what you are now. And in another moment, there will again be some slight difference. But we have hope that we will not forever live like we're being parceled out a spoonful at a time.
We have our optimistic and our pessistimic moments. It's like a revolving door. I'm so old, I'm practically geologic--I'm igneous instead of sedimentary--and yet I find myself thinking and feeling--and doing--like I did when I was in Middle school. I think it's Shakespeare--the child is the parent of the man. And I wonder if I will ever grow out of this childish pattern of behavior.
We are us--no more and no less. Screwtape calls us "vast and perilous estates". We are the works of the Maker's Hands. And yet we have cast our lot with His Adversary. And yet again we are ransomed back by at the fearful price of spikes through those very Hands that made us.
Apathy? There's always that possiblilty. Dealing with things. For myself, I can testify as to having the most avoidant personality in my family, municipality, and era.
I'm kinda running at the mouth. If this makes sense, cool. If not, ignore it. And if you will pardon my blatant display of partisan sentiment, c'mon over & hopefully have a chuckle
Thanks. I actually spent a couple of days thinking about it a lot, because I wasn't sure how to expalin it in a way that makes sense.
About that quote from your journal, I would say the same is true of myself at certain times in my life. But sometimes walking away from something is the correct way to deal with it. Because sometimes you just have to release it from yourself.
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Let me guess. It was a bad day. You were mondo discouraged over some recurring sitch. Just off the top of my head...
For its time, it was true. And it will be true again. C.S. Lewis says somewhere that we are never a complete undivided self. To live in Time and Space by its very nature means to always leave some part of you behind. What you were even a moment ago is not quite what you are now. And in another moment, there will again be some slight difference. But we have hope that we will not forever live like we're being parceled out a spoonful at a time.
We have our optimistic and our pessistimic moments. It's like a revolving door. I'm so old, I'm practically geologic--I'm igneous instead of sedimentary--and yet I find myself thinking and feeling--and doing--like I did when I was in Middle school. I think it's Shakespeare--the child is the parent of the man. And I wonder if I will ever grow out of this childish pattern of behavior.
We are us--no more and no less. Screwtape calls us "vast and perilous estates". We are the works of the Maker's Hands. And yet we have cast our lot with His Adversary. And yet again we are ransomed back by at the fearful price of spikes through those very Hands that made us.
Apathy? There's always that possiblilty. Dealing with things. For myself, I can testify as to having the most avoidant personality in my family, municipality, and era.
I'm kinda running at the mouth. If this makes sense, cool. If not, ignore it. And if you will pardon my blatant display of partisan sentiment, c'mon over & hopefully have a chuckle
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Thanks. I actually spent a couple of days thinking about it a lot, because I wasn't sure how to expalin it in a way that makes sense.
About that quote from your journal, I would say the same is true of myself at certain times in my life. But sometimes walking away from something is the correct way to deal with it. Because sometimes you just have to release it from yourself.
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