As a fair skinned Irishman who's suffered one too may blistered-over sunburns at the hands of my own foolishness, I think this is an important and powerful message to share...you should probably share it too.
November 5, 2011
November 4, 2011
Intoducing: "Quote, Unquote"
Yes, I'm one of those people. I'm always concerned that I'm not crafty (read, educated) enough in the English language to properly communicate my emotional thoughts when writing. Therefore, I'm forever italicizing words, or throwing "quotation marks" around things that don't need them. Further emphasizing my poor skills, no doubt. Hey, proper intonation is important! And too many commas, way too many.
Don't get me started on the sound bites of Facebook and Twitter, or the decline of real communication. Oh, there I go again. Anywhoo, something I do love is a good quote! One that inspires or causes me to ponder. It seems I've been stumbling upon some great ones lately, mostly through my spiritually "like minded" friends on Facebook, and I've decided to start sharing them with you, here. The first is from C.S. Lewis. It turns out that not only did he write some great books, he said some pretty amazing things. "Enjoy".
"Quote, Unquote" #1
"Love anything, and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to be sure of keeping your heart intact you must give your heart to no one, not even an animal.
Wrap it carefully around with hobbies and little luxuries, avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safely in the casket of your selfishness. And in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will not change, it will not be broken. It will become unbreakable, impenetrable and irredeemable. The only place outside of heaven where you can be perfectly safe from the dangers of love is hell." —C.S. Lewis
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