Since a month ago, I've been reading a book entitled A Year with C. S. Lewis: Daily Readings from His Classic Works as a part of my daily quiet time. This morning I discovered an insightful writing on love in marriage from the book. I'd like to share it to you in my blog.
If the old fairy-tale ending "They lived happily ever after" is taken to mean "They felt for the next fifty year exactly as they felt the day before they were married," then it says what probably never was nor ever would be true, and would be highly undesirable if it were. Who could bear to live in that excitement for even five years? What would become of your work, your appetite, your sleep, your friendships? But, of course, ceasing to be "in love" need not mean ceasing to love. Love in this second sense--love as distinct from "being love"--is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit; reinforced b
SUKACITA NATAL: SUKACITA MACAM APA? Grinch adalah makhluk hijau mengerikan dengan sekujur tubuh penuh bulu. Pada awalnya ia tinggal di antara para Who, manusia-manusia cebol, di desa Whoville. Namun malang, karena penampilannya yang aneh ia sering diejek dan ditertawakan oleh teman-temannya. Puncaknya, tatkala seluruh penduduk Whoville merayakan natal, Grinch dipermalukan oleh seluruh teman kelasnya. Penolakan itu membuat ia amat benci natal dan semua hal yang berhubungan dengan natal. Akhirnya, Grinch menyingkir dari Whoville untuk menyendiri di puncak gunung sebelah Utara desa Whoville. Di sana ia tinggal sebatang kara bersama anjing kesayangannya, Max. Selama berpuluh tahun, Grinch mengurung diri. Ia tak menampakkan diri pada siapa pun. Natal kali ini adalah natal yang spesial bagi para Who. Seluruh penduduk Whoville sibuk menyambut perayaan natal ke-1000, yang mereka sebut Whobilation (dari kata Jubilation artinya "perayaan besar"). Mereka semua sibuk membeli ka