What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him.
Victor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning
my good friend Tyler standing in front of his CPM ("Christian Propaganda Mobile")
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There was one incident that took place in Acland which the readers of the Narnia stories might find as endearing as I did. It took place on one of those days when Lewis's mind was disordered and when, as I noticed, he could not recognize any of those who dropped in to see him - not even Professor Tolkien. The last visitor of the day was his foster-sister, Maureen Moore Blake, who a few months previously, and by a very unexpected turn of events, have become Lady Dunbar of Hempriggs, with a castle and a vast estate in Scotland. She was the first woman in three centuries to succeed to baronetcy. They had not met since this happened and, hoping to space her any disappointment, I told her that he had not been able to recognize any of his old friends. "Jack," she whispered, "it is Maureen." "No," replied Lewis smiling, "it is Lady Dunbar of Hempriggs." "Oh, Jack, how could you remember that?" she asked. "On the contrary," he said, "How could I forget a fairy tale?"
... the high spirits and uproarious sense of fun that I found one of the most attractive things about Lewis. But it would take someone of Boswell's talents to give the right idea to the completeness of this remarkable man, to how naturally the humor blended into the more serious side, and indeed was one of the causes of his greatness of heart, his large intellect, and the most open charity I have ever found in anyone. He was a man, many of have come to see, of common instincts combined with very uncommon abilities. Perphaps it is worth recording that I knew - I just knew - that not matter how long I lived, no matter who else I met, I should never be in the company of such a supremely good human being again.
