All Purls. No Swine.
A post today on Ricochet references one of my favorite authors, and one of his comments on Hell. The author is C.S. Lewis, and the quote (from The Screwtape Letters) is We must picture Hell as a state where everyone is perpetually concerned about his own dignity and advancement, where everyone has a grievance, and… Continue reading “The Doors of Hell Are Locked On the Inside“
Numerous studies have shown that if it's a positive, grateful, loving one, you'll probably have a pretty good day. Just as they've shown that--if the first thing you think about when you wake up in the morning is some imagined disrespect from twenty-thirty-forty-two hundred years ago, supposedly shown to you by a person you met… Continue reading What’s Your First Thought When You Wake Up in the Morning?
Eight days after I began work there, as the organization’s first staff member dedicated to supporting its personal computer users, the unionized employees at my local community hospital went on strike. It was February 1, 1990. Early that morning, as instructed, I drove across a picket line for the first time in my life, showing… Continue reading “The Doors of Hell Are Locked On the Inside”