Zen Pencils by Gavin Aung Than for February 28, 2014
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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. Wrap it carefully around 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 at all is to be vulnerable. -C.S. Lewis
mr_sherman Premium Member over 10 years ago
AAAUUGGHHH!!!!!!!!! Half of it’s missing!Oh, well. There’s always tomorrow morning.
Ida No over 10 years ago
It will become gray and incomplete.Formless and without end.
ShortStraw over 10 years ago
Well this is how I would finish the quote.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
Damn that CS Lewis beat me to it.
verticallychallenged Premium Member over 10 years ago
Thanks, ShortStraw :)
Titz McGinty over 10 years ago
Thanks! :-)
Melki Premium Member over 10 years ago
Thanks, Beckworth.
ladykat over 10 years ago
One can see truly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye. (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
agoldenlife over 10 years ago
Strange it doesn’t come up here. It is a great quote by CS Lewis. YOu can view this strip here: http://pandawhale.com/post/16680/to-love-at-all-is-to-be-vulnerable-cs-lewis. Hopefully gocomics will fix it soon.
agoldenlife over 10 years ago
Or here: http://imgur.com/gallery/GGKoEX4
Jody L Nye Premium Member over 10 years ago
I love Zen Pencils. Your perspective makes me think, then smile.
celeconecca over 10 years ago
my smile for the week.
Brass Orchid Premium Member over 10 years ago
If duck tape can’t fix it, it hasn’t been properly broken yet.
vldazzle over 10 years ago
Lovely! And I am in love- yet again (at 76 – never too late). I found him online back in November and we met 12/5. There is nothing so wonderful as being head-over-heels!