Quote by C.S. Lewis
“La esperanza es una continua expectativa de un deseo o vida eterna. Los cristianos que más hicieron por este mundo fueron los que más pensaron en el otro mundo. Si nuestro objetivo es el cielo, la tierra se nos dará por añadidura; si nuestro objetivo es la tierra, no tendremos ninguna de las dos cosas. Parece una extraña regla, pero algo parecido puede verse funcionando en otros asuntos: La salud es una gran bendición, pero en el momento en que hacemos de ella uno de nuestros objetivos directos y principales, nos convertimos en unos hipocondríacos y empezamos a pensar que estamos enfermos. Es probable que disfrutemos de salud sólo si deseamos más otras cosas… comida, juegos, trabajo, diversión, aire libre. Del mismo modo, jamás salvaremos a la civilización mientras la civilización sea nuestro principal objetivo. Debemos aprender a desear otras cosas aún más.”
topics: bendición , civilización , cristianismo , deseo , enfermedad , esperanza , fe , hipocondría , salud , vida-eterna
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Clive Staples Lewis was born in Ireland, in Belfast on 29 November 1898. His mother was a devout Christian and made efforts to influence his beliefs. When she died in his early youth her influence waned and Lewis was subject to the musings and mutterings of his friends who were decidedly agnostic and atheistic. It would not be until later, in a moment of clear rationality that he first came to a belief in God and later became a Christian.
C. S. Lewis volunteered for the army in 1917 and was wounded in the trenches in World War I. After the war, he attended university at Oxford. Soon, he found himself on the faculty of Magdalen College where he taught Mediaeval and Renaissance English.
Throughout his academic career he wrote clearly on the topic of religion. His most famous works include the Screwtape Letters and the Chronicles of Narnia. The atmosphere at Oxford and Cambridge tended to skepticism. Lewis used this skepticism as a foil. He intelligently saw Christianity as a necessary fact that could be seen clearly in science.
"Surprised by Joy" is Lewis's autobiography chronicling his reluctant conversion from atheism to Christianity in 1931.