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[asgoodeasgold]

Matthew Goode's reviews, Freud's Last Session

I have been following these all weekend and putting them on IG / retweeting so I thought I would add them here too.

Matthew has stunned everyone with his stellar performance and has been put on a par with the acting legend that is Anthony Hopkins. Absolutely amazing (but not surprising to us fans who know what an incredible talent he is) ! He should be very proud of what he has achieved. I AM proud! And I hope he now gets the wide recognition he deserves.

Some of the words used to describe his performance:

💥sterling

💥 incredible

💥 ace

💥 shining

💥 quality

💥 remarkable

💥 matches Anthony Hopkins pound for pound / beat for beat

Some reviewers loved the film, some were more critical, thinking the subplot detracted from the amazing chemistry happening on set between Tony and Matthew. I think critics can sometimes be, well, critical for the sake of it.

A lot of love has gone into making this movie. The quality is there (set design, cinematography, acting) and it will be a rivetting watch, giving people much food for thought, which is frankly what I want from my movies. I can't wait to see it (several times 😁).

Below are screenshots of my IG stories with the best quotes and a link to the article. 

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[rapha-reads]

Unrelated things I manage to evoke in my thesis on Beauty and the Beast, modern fairy tales and self-love (titled From Folktales to Fantasy: Beauty and the Beast, Contemporary Rewritings and Self-Love), a list (caution, long post ahead):

Hayao Miyazaki's environmental tales.

In contemporary rewritings of folktales and fairy tales, these revised critical versions often follow the major issues of the time: the feminist tales of Angela Carter or Margaret Atwood of the 20th century are amongst the prime examples, but one may just as well cite Hayao Miyazaki's contemporary environmentalist and anti-war stories.

Arthurian Legends:

Nonetheless, ages change, people’s priorities change, ways of life change, and with these evolutions, heroes and stories mutate too. They evolve, but they’re never forgotten. King Arthur and Merlin are still household names, even after a millennia and a half of legends; their stories followed the times and took on new shapes to keep on meaning something to their audience.

Le Roman de Renart and "Le hérisson, le chacal et le lion" (the hedgehog, the jackal and the lion, a traditional animal tale in North Africa, Tamazight in origin):

Animal Tales are the first chapter of the ATU Index, going from ATU 1 to 299, in which the characters are talking animals usually interacting between themselves (think Roman de Renart or the tales of the hedgehog, jackal and lion in North Africa).

*On the subject of the hedgehog, the jackal and the lion, I really recommend looking up their stories. If you like cartoonish stories of the clever fox and the stupid wolf, Tom and Jerry style, you will like them.

Narnia (actually referenced a few times, the thesis does talk about Fantasy, but CS Lewis is quoted only the once):

In the dedication of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis wrote “some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again”. As the reader ages and grows up, the taste for stories also evolves.

Neil Gaiman (completely out of the blue, I just wanted to quote him at least once):

the classic tale of Beauty and the Beast with all its space left to creation easily lends itself to the new scene. “Fairy tales”, Neil Gaiman writes in the introduction to Fragile Things, “are transmissible. You can catch them, or be infected by them.” They are, in their most basic form, in the bare bones of their structures, the “currency we share with those who walked the world before ever we were here.”

Doctor Who (I will find a why to quote DW in any circumstances, just watch me):

“The Universe generally fails to be a fairy tale. And that’s where we [the helpers and the leaders, heroes, doctors, teachers] come in.” That’s where writers and storytellers come in. Crafting stories is recreating a kinder, more merciful and fair world, where good wins, evil is defeated, love is everything, good deeds are rewarded and bad actions punished, justice is served and honour is upheld.

Edith Nesbit's The Story of the Amulet + more Narnia, because I will also find a way to talk about the Pevensies:

Harper spends six weeks with Rhen and Grey, and when she comes back to DC, six weeks have also passed. This is different from most Fantasy novels which actions happens in both Primary and Secondary Worlds; from Edith Nesbith’s The Story of the Amulet (1906) to Lewis’ Narnia, the passage of time in the Secondary World never matches the passage of time in the Primary World—the Pevensies spent close to two decades being kings and queens of Narnia, and yet at their return in England, not a single second had gone by, and they were back to being children again, a fact that I have always found cruel; they were adults, competent and regal, soldiers, scholars and diplomats, and then they were back to being children, powerless and ordinary.

Yet another Narnia quote - in my defence, I use Tolkien's On Fairy Stories as one of my major reference, so I had to give some room to Lewis too - + me being very French:

C.S. Lewis does write that “adventures are never fun while you're having them” (The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Narnia book 5), but après la pluie le beau temps—storms never last forever, and the adventure always ends. That is what Fantasy tells the reader: you will go through hard times, but there will always be joy to find after the sadness.

MeToo, Greta and Malala (I swear it makes sense):

Belle just wants to be left alone with her wood-carving tools. What introvert passionate about their hobby doesn’t understand that? Lucie wants revenge on the man who hurt her; that is the whole point of the MeToo movement. Nyx wants to save her people and is ready to sacrifice herself for the cause; real life heroines fighting for their ideals are the idols of today (Greta Thunberg, Malala Yousafzai…). Harper represents the everyday life of millions of poor, disabled people, not only in the USA, but across the world. Beast wants to be loved; don’t we all?

*I actually really love that one tiny paragraph.

The "we live in a society meme" (aka the beginning of the descent into madness of the writer):

In meme terms: “we live in a society”. And that society can be crushing, draining, destroying. How then does one uphold one’s sense of self and worth when everything conspires to ruin and empty one’s heart and mind? Even though the meme is originally absurd, it quickly became a satire of the world in which we live now, where there is no place nor time to slow down, to just breathe, to take care of others, to take care of one’s self, because there is always a bill to pay, a meeting to run to, a deadline looming close, a train to catch.

Queerness (by the way if you guys know any queer retellings of B&tB please send them my way):

Depending on one’s level of ease and comfort, the co-existing inside the community requires more or less efforts and concessions to one’s authentic identity and tastes. Consider, for example, the way homosexuality and any form of queerness have been and are still viewed in many parts of the world throughout time: the main history of the queer community is to hide away an authentic, personal part of who they are in order to stay safe within a larger community that discriminate against expressions of queerness.

The "mortifying ordeal of being known" meme (sos, the writer has lost the plot):

By agreeing to play the game and follow the rules, no matter how adverse to one’s authentic nature, we tacitly agree to be seen. There is another meme, that first appeared in an essay for The New York Times in 2013: “the mortifying ordeal of being known”. The full quote goes like this: “If we want the rewards of being loved we have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known.” In essence, trying to hide and conceal one’s authentic self is to deprive yourself from being truly known and loved for who you are; it is to take the risk of being only superficially known and loved for who you pretend to be, the role you play, the mask you wear.

The "I can fix him" meme (what the heck is the writer talking about):

Here is a third meme, much more recent, born on Twitter in 2019: “I can fix him. I can make him better.” While the urge to help your neighbour is perfectly honourable, it can sometimes take on a sort of narcissistic veneer: it becomes no longer about the person you want to help, but about the power you can exercise over that person by turning them into the exact image of them you have, no matter if this image coincide with their authentic self or not.

Shakespeare (hell yeah, finally! Okay, it's not R&J, but still; who am I if I am not rambling about Willy):

The self is not a stable entity. It evolves, adapts to its circumstances, to the situation at the hand. “All the world's a stage and all the men and women are merely players” (As You Like It, 2. 7. 139), Shakespeare was already writing at the end of the 16th century. The deal has not changed. Everyone keeps playing a part that they believe is what society demands of them.

And finally... Kintsugi. Just for fun:

The Japanese art of kintsugi consists of repairing broken pottery with gold, letting the breaks and the defects visible, thus making them part of the history of the piece. Being broken therefore is not a sign of weakness; it becomes another sort of beauty, a sign of strength. The Beast’s curse breaks him down to his base nature, but ending the curse does not mean that the breaks disappear.

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[god-whispers]

aug 4

quotes

a little "acquired" wisdom from those who have traveled our road before.  enjoy and contemplate!

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“aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in.  aim at earth and you get neither.”  — c. s. lewis

“there are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things.”  — dwight l. moody

“we have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.” — oswald chambers

“let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.” — gilbert k. chesterton

“he is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose." — jim elliot

"God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises, leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself.” — dietrich bonhoeffer

“the christian life is not a constant high.  i have my moments of deep discouragement.  i have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, ‘o God, forgive me,' or ‘help me.’” - billy graham

“if you believe in a God who controls the big things, you have to believe in a God who controls the little things.  it is we, of course, to whom things look 'little' or 'big'."  — elisabeth elliot

“worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it empties today of its strength." —  corrie ten boom

“the will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us." - billy graham

“the greater your knowledge of the goodness and grace of God on your life, the more likely you are to praise Him in the storm." - matt chandler

“we may speak about a place where there are no tears, no death, no fear, no night; but those are just the benefits of heaven.  the beauty of heaven is seeing God.” ― max lucado,

“you contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.” ― jonathan edwards

“we never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can expect that He will get us involved in His plan for the answer.  if we are true intercessors, we must be ready to take part in God’s work on behalf of the people for whom we pray.” ― corrie ten boom

“out of 100 men, one will read the Bible, the other 99 will read the christian.” ― d.l. moody

“but I will not tell you how long or short the way will be; only that it lies across a river.  but do not fear that, for I am the great bridge builder.” ― c.s. lewis

“it was strictly forbidden to preach to other prisoners.  it was understood that whoever was caught doing this received a severe beating.  a number of us decided to pay the price for the privilege of preaching, so we accepted their [the communists' ] terms.  it was a deal; we preached and they beat us.  we were happy preaching.  they were happy beating us, so everyone was happy.” ― richard wurmbrand,

“the devil frequently fills our thoughts with great schemes, so that instead of putting our hands to what work we can do to serve our Lord, we may rest satisfied with wishing to perform impossibilities.” ― santa teresa de Jesús,

“we sinned for no reason but an incomprehensible lack of love, and He saved us for no reason but an incomprehensible excess of love.” ― peter kreeft

“when man is with God in awe and love, then he is praying.” ― karl rahner

“when you are down to nothing, God is up to something.  it is up to you to reach out to find what God is up to for you.” ― robert schuler

“this is our time on the history line of God.  this is it.  what will we do with the one deep exhale of God on this earth?  for we are but a vapor and we have to make it count.  we’re on.  direct us, Lord, and get us on our feet." — beth moore

“o God — please give Him back!  i shall keep asking You.” ― john irving

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everyday my prayers include that final quote, "o God - please hive Him back!"  not to suffer but to reign - to begin the new age.  Father God - help us get those last few ushered in that will fill up the measure you have allotted (those who are willing to accept Your truth).

i would also quote again the next to last quote.  “this is our time on the history line of God."  "He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘for we are also His offspring.’" acts 17:26-28

seek Him.  share Him.  see Him.  your redemption draws near.  look up - see Him coming in the clouds with great honor and power.  maranatha!  any day now

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De acuerdo con las líneas sugeridas por san Agustín, no hay escapatoria. Ni tampoco de acuerdo con otras líneas. No hay inversión segura. Amar, de cualquier manera, es ser vulnerable. Basta con que amemos algo para que nuestro corazón, con seguridad, se retuerza, y posiblemente se rompa. Si uno quiere estar seguro de mantenerlo intacto, no debe dar su corazón a nadie, ni siquiera a un animal. Hay que rodearlo cuidadosamente de caprichos y de pequeños lujos; evitar todo compromiso; guardarlo a buen recaudo bajo llave en el cofre o en el ataúd de nuestro egoísmo. Pero en ese cofre —seguro, oscuro, inmóvil, sin aire— cambiará, no se romperá, se volverá irrompible, impenetrable, irredimible. La alternativa de la tragedia, o al menos del riesgo de la tragedia, es la condenación. El único sitio, aparte del Cielo, donde se puede estar perfectamente a salvo de todos los peligros y perturbaciones del amor es el Infierno. ― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

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[sarah-likes-books-now]

"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable."

C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

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[existential-celestial]

There is no safe investment. To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket – safe, dark, motionless, airless – it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. The alternative to tragedy, or at least to the risk of tragedy, is damnation. The only place outside Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers and perturbations of love is Hell.

C. S. Lewis (b. 29 Nov 1898), The Four Loves

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[magdakorber]

Eu preferia estar certo se pudesse; mas, se não, se só estive mais uma vez seguindo minhas próprias pegadas, é o tipo de tragédia que, de acordo com meus próprios princípios, devo desfrutar.

C. S. Lewis

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[metamorphesque]

Hey

I absolutely love your quotes so I had a request, if that's okay?

Could you do some about the grief that comes after losing a loved one?

Thank you

Lemony Snicket

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[in-christalone]

Im still proud of you, even if you're weak in faith rn, and I'm praying for you!!

It's small but honestly watching the crushing snakes mv gets me pumped for the Lord so maybe it could help, at least a lil!

I love that one too, the music video especially. I mean even if I am not, I still make an effort to go through my two devotionals and watch a sermon a day.

This quote from C.S Lewis keeps my sprits up too;

“Do not be deceived, Wormwood. Our cause is never more in danger than when a human, no longer desiring, but still intending, to do our Enemy's will, looks round upon a universe from which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys.” ― C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

[iamfitzwilliamdarcy]

i have been thinking about what Tolkien wrote about C.S. Lewis after his death for like....hours now and i just put this under a read more because it’s excessively long:

we all know the axe line in his letter to his daughter (#251), but the line immediately after: 

“Very sad that we should have been so separated in the last years; but our time of close communion endured in memory for both of us. I had a mass said this morning, and was there, and served; and Havard and Dundas Grant1 were present”

the grief and love and spiritual work of mercy! (this has led my brain onto another path of thinking about works of mercy but that is not for us right now.  then this in a draft letter to his son (#252): 

I am sorry that I have not answered your letters sooner; but Jack Lewis's death on the 22nd has preoccupied me. It is also involving me in some correspondence, as many people still regard me as one of his intimates. Alas! that ceased to be so some ten years ago. We were separated first by the sudden apparition of Charles Williams, and then by his marriage. Of which he never even told me; I learned of it long after the event.1 But we owed each a great debt to the other, and that tie with the deep affection that it begot, remains. He was a great man 

he also goes on to complain about literary obits saying Lewis was influenced entirely in the space trilogy by Williams, that the influence is mostly in That Hideous Strength 

Then he had to respond to an article about Lewis to defend him, in Letter #261 to include:

C.S.L. of course had some oddities and could sometimes be irritating. He was after all and remained an Irishman of Ulster. But he did nothing for effect; he was not a professional clown, but a natural one, when a clown at all. He was generous-minded, on guard against all prejudices, though a few were too deep in his native background to be observed by him. That his literary opinions were ever dictated by envy (as in the case of T. S. Eliot) is a grotesque calumny. After all it is possible to dislike Eliot with some intensity even if one has no aspirations to poetic laurels oneself. Well of course I could say more, but I must draw the line. Still I wish it could be forbidden that after a great man is dead, little men should scribble over him, who have not and must know they have not sufficient knowledge of his life and character to give them any key to the truth.

okay and then this bit in a letter #276, the depth of friendship that comes from sharing your work with a friend and having them encourage and cheer you on, it’s unique and so very Special:

 But Lewis was a very impressionable man, and this was abetted by his great generosity and capacity for friendship. The unpayable debt that I owe to him was not 'influence' as it is ordinarily understood, but sheer encouragement. He was for long my only audience. Only from him did I ever get the idea that my 'stuff' could be more than a private hobby. But for his interest and unceasing eagerness for more I should never have brought The L. of the R. to a conclusion. ....

and finally this is actually tolkien talking about his wife’s death and reflecting on other great losses, but i think it’s notable it’s Lewis he talks to about Fr. Francis’ death (#331):

And again I remember after the death of Fr Francis my 'second father' (at 77 in 1934)* , saying to C. S. Lewis: 'I feel like a lost survivor into a new alien world after the real world has passed away.' 

this post is just a ton of block quotes but i’m like...fascinated by the glimpse of this relationship we get, the intimacy and fondness and depth of love and respect--even when distanced for so many long years. It’s messy and so very Human, and i hope, indeed, now sanctified by God-- they may laugh together yet 

#maybe we should have not given me a link to these letters #this started off as a petty fixing the internet perception of these two but then i got Emo about them instead #me: oh i can't finish this movie i have an hour left and am so tired #me: does this Instead #perhaps it was a mistake to give me easy access to these letters lmao

[mtalviharju1983]

Confidence C. S Lewis Dream quotes 11-21-2018

Confidence quotes

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. -Eleanor Roosevelt

If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right. -Henry Ford

It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it. -Lillian Hellman

When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things. -Joe Namath

C.s Lewis quotes

Each day we are becoming a creature of splendid glory or one of unthinkable horror.” – C.S Lewis

“Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.” – C.S Lewis

The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.” – C.S Lewis

There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” – C.S Lewis

“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.” – C.S Lewis

All get what they want; they do not always like it.” – C.S Lewis

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” – C.S Lewis

Nothing you have not given away will ever really be yours.” – C.S Lewis

Dream quotes

You can kill the dreamer, but you can't kill the dream. -Martin Luther King Jr.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. -Walt Disney

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[oliverphisher]

Aleesah Darlison

Aleesah Darlison is a multi-published Australian children's author. She writes picture books and novels, both in the contemporary fiction and fantasy genres. She also works as a book reviewer for The Sun Herald. She is the author of Our Class Tiger which made the Wilderness Society 2015 children¿s book award shortlist in the category of Nonfiction.

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Aleesah's picture books include Bearly There, Puggle's Problem (NSW PRC) and Warambi (2012 CBCA Notable Book Eve Pownall Award, 2012 Wilderness Society Award for Children's Literature - Shortlist). Her chapter books include Fangs and Little Good Wolf. Her novels and popular series are I Dare You, Unicorn Riders and Totally Twins.

Aleesah has won numerous awards for her writing including an ASA mentorship. Aleesah's short stories have appeared in the black dog books Short and Scary Anthology, Chicken Soup for the Soul, The School Magazine and Little Ears Magazine. She is a founding director of Literature Live! an organisation delivering literary content to schools through video conferencing technology.

What are one to three books that have greatly influenced your life? 

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia) By C. S. Lewis

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics) By Emily Brontë, Pauline Nestor

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

The Mortymer Trilogy By Alexander Cordell

The Mortymer Trilogy by Alexander Cordell

What purchase of $100 or less has most positively impacted your life in the last six months (or in recent memory)?

I signed up for a 30 day home workout challenge through Betty Rocker. The challenge was free, but I paid for Betty’s meal plan AND converted to a plant based diet.

Without sounding like a weight loss advertisement, focusing on getting fit and healthy has had THE MOST POSITIVE IMPACT on my life. My husband has joined in too so we do the exercises together.

As an author, I sit at my desk A LOT, and I travel A LOT so I’m often sitting to drive or fly. Moving more and taking care of my health has been the best thing I’ve done for myself in a long, long while.

How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? 

Failure and rejection as an author (on so many manuscripts!) has given me a thick skin to make me more resilient and better able to cope with the writing life’s ups and downs.

Are there any quotes you think of often or live your life by?

I’ve had this quote beside my desk for at least ten years, funny how it mentions failure…

If you have made mistakes … there is always another chance for you … you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.

Mary Pickford (1893 – 1979), American actress

What is one of the best investment in a writing resource you’ve ever made? 

Workshops and courses through Writing NSW. Invaluable workshops that set me on the path to publication. Several were run by Di Bates. Learning from established, experienced authors set you up for life.

What is an unusual habit or an absurd thing that you love? 

Salt and vinegar chips. Salt and vinegar with oranges and lemons. Salt and vinegar with most things, really1

In the last five years, what new belief, behaviour, or habit has most improved your life? 

Yoga and the exercise I’ve been doing lately. A little ‘me’ time and fitness to feel good about yourself go a long way.

What advice would you give to a smart, driven aspiring author? What advice should they ignore? 

Know the rules of the author game, but make sure you play your own game when it comes to writing. Don’t worry about what everyone else is out there doing – you’ll be eaten alive by self-doubt and worry otherwise. After all, it’s a competitive market. Just write the best story you can then submit to publishers only when the story is ready. And advice to ignore? That being an author will make you mega-rich like JK. Those successes are incredibly rare, so be happy with your success.

What are bad recommendations you hear in your profession often? 

Probably the worst is: Don’t read other books in your genre because it will adversely affect your writing. This is so not true! Reading can only ever engage and enlighten the mind.

In the last five years, what have you become better at saying no to (distractions, invitations, etc.)? 

Nothing! I’m terrible at saying no.

What marketing tactics should authors avoid?

Shamelessly and clumsily talking about their books ALL THE TIME. Sometimes listening is a better marketing tool than forcing yourself (or your book) on someone.

What new realizations and/or approaches have helped you achieve your goals? 

Using Skype or Zoom and other online platforms to communicate with and teach other authors in the various writing workshops and mentorships that I run. It’s been a huge time saving advice but still allows for a one-to-one personal interaction.

When you feel overwhelmed or have lost your focus temporarily, what do you do? 

Take the dog for a walk. Vacuum. Play with my kids. Read a book. All of the above if necessary!

Any other tips?

Write what you know, write what you love. Find happiness in your writing, even if you’re not aiming for publication, because writing is one of the greatest joys we humans have … and it’s all literally right at our fingertips!

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The question is, said Edmund, whether it doesn’t make things worse, looking at a Narnian ship when you can’t get there.Even looking is better than nothing, said Lucy. And she is such a very Narnian ship.Still playing your old game? said Eustace Clarence, who had been listening outside the door and now came grinning into the room. Last year, when he had been staying with the Pevensies, he had managed to hear them all talking of Narnia and he loved teasing them about it. He thought of course that they were making it all up; and as he was far too stupid to make anything up himself, he did not approve of that.You’re not wanted here, said Edmund curtly.I’m trying to think of a limerick, said Eustace. Something like this:Some kids who played games about NarniaGot gradually balmier and balmier--Well Narnia and balmier don’t rhyme, to begin with, said Lucy.It’s an assonance, said Eustace.Don’t ask him what an assy-thingummy is, said Edmund. He’s only longing to be asked. Say nothing and perhaps he’ll go away.Most boys, on meeting a reception like this, would either have cleared out or flared up. Eustace did neither. He just hung about grinning, and presently began talking again.Do you like that picture? he asked.For heaven’s sake don’t let him get started about Art and all that, said Edmund hurriedly, but Lucy, who was very truthful, had already said, Yes, I do. I like it very much.It’s a rotten picture, said Eustace.You won’t see it if you step outside, said Edmund. ― C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

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How I needed to read this post about life-changing things happening in any phase of life. Right to the heart. Plus, about this party, it may turn out to be a positive experience (?),as you pointed, u can meet more coworkers, which can be a nice thing. And the alcohol stuff, u know your limit tho, if you dont want to be loose in front of them,just respect it and you'll be fine. When I have these kind of social situations,to calmer myself, I always remember me I can go home whenever I want ;) -M

WOW Mari! I found that C. S. Lewis quote so simple and accurate! I mean, I have never realized that before, but after reading it, it makes sense completely! And I think it matches perfectly with your stories, and thats for sure one of the reasons why your writting is so breathtaking. From now on, I'll aslo remember this when writing something hehe. Have a great day ;) - M

hi!! sorry for the late reply, I’m finally catching up with my inbox ^^ I felt very anxious about the party that day, but now that I know my coworkers a little more I feel less nervous about the whole thing. I am terrible with alcohol, mainly because I never know what my limit is ahaha, but I quit strong liquor a long time ago (I used to love whisky, vodka, that kind of gross stuff lol) and now I just stick to wine and beer very occasionally, which is a hundred times better! I might just have one or two glasses of wine and leave it at that :) 

and I know, that C.S. Lewis quote is so spot on! I’m glad to hear you say that about my works, because I’ve been worrying a little about that hehe, so thank you! I hope you’re well, and I wish you a good day and week as well ♥

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Catholic Physics - Reflections of a Catholic Scientist - Part 47

Story with images:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/catholic-physics-reflections-scientist-part-47-harold-baines/?published=t

The Theology of Science-fiction: I. Some SF* gospels.**

* In this title SF stands for "speculative fiction", not science-fiction. There have been two books published with the title "The Gospel according to science-fiction" (see the references below); I'm not trying to replace or supplant these.

**Added 13 May, 2015: I neglected to add one very fine story by Michael Bishop, The Gospel According to Gamaliel Crucis. Scroll down in the link to get a synopsis of the story.

Jesus Sorrows (from The Transforming Cross of Christ)

"...when I was not prey to the temptations of this world, I devoted my nights to imagining other worlds. ... There is nothing better than imagining other worlds... to forget the painful one we live in. At least so I thought then. I hadn't yet realized that, imagining other worlds, you end up changing this one."Umberto Eco, Baudolino .

INTRODUCTION

For the past weeks we Catholics have been celebrating the central tenet of our faith as Christians, the Passion and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. While I was meditating about this my thoughts strayed, and I recalled some of the science-fiction stories I had read before my conversion. It then struck me that there are different ways of contesting the reality of the Passion and Resurrection. One way is to deny the historical reality of these events; another, taken by non-believing science-fiction authors, is to transform these events into an alternative, what - if, type of reality.

In this post I propose to explore (not in depth) how Jesus, the Passion and the Resurrection have been transformed by science-fiction to conform to a theology of non-belief.  In subsequent posts I'll discuss how science-fiction regards the intelligent non-human and its (his/hers?) possible relation to The Church, and what science-fiction has to say in general about a deity, the afterlife and the Eschaton.   My survey will not be exhaustive, but references are given below to fill in gaps.  (See for example the Wikipedia article about religious science-fiction.)

WHAT IF JESUS EXISTED, BUT HAD NOT BEEN CRUCIFIED?

"From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day." Matt: 16:21

A favorite mode of science-fiction is the alternative history, "what-if?" ... This should really be called "speculative fiction" since the science component is usually negligible --only a different possible world is envisioned.   Such are the SF stories ("SF" standing here for "speculative fiction") in which Jesus is not crucified and therefore is NOT resurrected. (So much for Christianity, the Son of God, etc.)  

Some of these stories invoke time travel as a way to get around Christ's Passion. The time traveller either takes the place of Christ or attempts to prevent it by other means.  I don't regard time travel as a worthy device in SF because of paradoxes of the "you can't kill your own grandfather before he sired your parent" sort.  That is to say, if you alter the past, the present in which you were born no longer exists and then where are you?  The only SF story I know of that successfully deals with such paradoxes is Heinlein's "All You Zombies" (warning: SPOILER!) in which a soldier of the future is his own mother and father.

AVOIDING THEODICY--THE EASY WAY OUT

There are more plausible alternative history approaches that still do no more than tickle the imagination (as is the case with most alternative history SF).  In a story called "Friends in High Places" by Jack McDevitt, Jesus argues with God in the Garden of Gethesmane and changes his fate.  I'll quote from the description given in Holy Sci-Fi:

"Jesus waiting in the Garden of Gethesmane for the mob to take him. Jesus does not want to die, as we learn from his thoughts:  

'It sends the wrong message [Lord]. It will be a hard sell, persuading people You love them when you let this happen to me.'

and

'Why? Why must we do it this way? We create a faith whose governing symbol will be an instrument of torture. They will wear it around their necks, put it atop their temples. Is this what we really want?'

In this story, too, Jesus escapes (to become a librarian in Egypt!), and as he begins his journey to a new life he thinks 'how much better it was than a cross.'  What has happened is that God, apparently in answer to Jesus’ concerns about the Crucifixion, has changed the past."

I would review this as the Passion according to Saturday Night Live. All the profound theological arguments about obedience to God, Jesus suffering for our sins out of love for His brothers, the Crucifixion required for our salvation, are swept away with the broom of a naive theodicy.

In another story an alternative history dispenses with the Crucifixion in a more plausible way. (Unfortunately this old guy can not remember the title or the author, nor have extensive online searches been helpful;  but he is sure about the story.)  Recall Matt 27:19

"When he [Pontius Pilate] was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him."

in which Pontius Pilate's wife implores to set Jesus free.  In the story her pleas are successful. Jesus goes back to Galilee as an honored prophet, but is largely ignored in further history.  Ironically, Rome accepts Judaism with the Emperor becoming the Chief Priest of the Sanhedrin and with a new Temple built in Rome.

IS THE PASSION AND RESURRECTION TOO PROFOUND FOR SF?

An in-depth treatment of the Passion and Resurrection has not been given by science-fiction authors, not even by those who account themselves Christian.  Perhaps Scripture gives too little to elaborate, although I have always wondered -- given the two natures of Jesus Christ -- what he thought about dying and being resurrected.  As Scripture says, he knew of his resurrection, but was he sure? What did Jesus do when he was in Hell?  There are theological speculations, but only those. Perhaps, as the Greatest Miracle, The Resurrection cannot be acknowledged by writers who don't believe, and by those who do believe, what more can be said.

"The New Testament writers speak as if Christ's achievement in rising from the dead was the first event of its kind in the whole history of the universe. He is the 'first fruits,' the pioneer of life,' He has forced open a door that has been locked since the death of the first man. He has met, fought, and beaten the King of Death. Everything is different because He has done so.  C. S. Lewis. Miracles, ch. 16

MORE TO COME

In the second and third of this series I'll discuss how SF treats intelligent non-humans (including robots) and their relation to the Church.  In the fourth, I'll treat the SF of end-times, the eschaton.

REFERENCES

Wikipedia: Christian Science-Fiction, Religious Ideas in Science-Fiction (Jesus)

Holy Sci-Fi , A comprehensive review written by a non-believer; light in tone; weak on theology and more important authors--Walker Percy, C.S. Lewis, Robert Hugh Benson.

The Gospel According to Science-fiction: from the Twilight Zone to the Final Frontier, by Gabriel McKee. (a fine compendium--good theological insights, extensive coverage of the sf field)

A Cross of Centuries -- 25 Imaginative Tales about The Christ (stories by believers, agnostics and hard-core atheists)

The Sci Fi Catholic ????

From a series of articles written by: Bob Kurland - a Catholic Scientist

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Friendship and love quotes 9/16/2017

Friendship quotes Friendship is not about who you've known the longest. It's about who walked into your life, said "I'm here for you" and proved it. Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one." -C.S. Lewis The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. -Elizabeth Foley I'm glad friendship doesn't come with price tags. For if it does, I'd never afford someone as great as you. Friendship means understanding, not agreement. It means forgiveness, not forgetting. It means the memories last, even if contact is lost. Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together. -Woodrow T. Wilson A true friend is the person who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. ~~~~~~~~ Love quotes Once in awhile, Right in the middle of an ordinary life, Love gives us a fairy tale. Love is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction. -Antoine de Saint-Exupery If we discovered that we had only five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they loved them. -Christopher Morley The course of true love never did run smooth. -William Shakespeare When you love someone all your saved-up wishes start coming out. -Elizabeth Bowen Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred. -Barbara De Angelis And here is my heart which beats only for you. -Paul Verlaine A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love. -Max Muller Love isn't something you find. Love is something that finds you. -Loretta Young This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted. -C. S. Lewis If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with. -Michael Jackson To the world you are one person, but to one person you are the world

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