tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790396293521449566.post3454185152896214882..comments2023-10-02T11:36:45.006-04:00Comments on A Passionate and Determined Quest for Adequacy: Joy to the WorldAshley Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04767912859236943934noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790396293521449566.post-42128226093710376862008-11-03T21:25:00.000-05:002008-11-03T21:25:00.000-05:00Hi Myles,It's good to hear from you. I'm sorry to...Hi Myles,<BR/><BR/>It's good to hear from you. I'm sorry to hear that Simon is snotty―hopefully that will end soon! Thanks for the C.S. Lewis quote; I really like the idea of joy as sign posts along the way.<BR/><BR/>--AshleyAshley Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04767912859236943934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790396293521449566.post-83625937710537197782008-11-03T00:02:00.000-05:002008-11-03T00:02:00.000-05:00Hi Ashley. I've lurked on your blog but never pos...Hi Ashley. I've lurked on your blog but never posted. Sorry to hear you had pneumonia! Simon blew huge snot bubbles all night last night. 'Tis the Season. Your post made me think of "Surprised by Joy" by C.S. Lewis. The book is a recollection of his coming to faith. He talks about how joy was something he searched for and experienced in brief "stabs". He tried often tried to induce joy but reliving the things that had at one point or another given him joy. My favorite quote from the book is, "All joy reminds. It is never a possession, always a desire for something longer ago or further away or still 'about to be.'" In the end he realizes that those "stabs of joy" were like sign posts leading him in the right direction. He is more at peace, not so preoccupied with trying to find and experience joy. He concludes by saying, "When we are lost in the woods the sight of a signpost is a great matter. He who first sees it cries, 'Look!' The whole party gathers round and stares. But when we have found the road and are passing signposts every few miles, we shall not stop and stare. They will encourage us and we shall be grateful to the authority that set them up. But we shall not stop and stare, or not much; not on this road, though their pillars are of silver and their lettering of gold. 'We would be at Jerusalem.'" Anyway, I'm definately not to that point yet but I think he has some beautiful thoughts. -MylesMyleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04985991650675910101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790396293521449566.post-16476296450741555152008-11-02T20:32:00.000-05:002008-11-02T20:32:00.000-05:00Hi Catherine,Yeah, I guess the pneumonia started a...Hi Catherine,<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I guess the pneumonia started after you went on vacation. I had a pretty impressive cough! Thanks for the note and I hope to talk to you soon too.<BR/><BR/>--AshleyAshley Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04767912859236943934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790396293521449566.post-38921089042754960962008-11-01T23:19:00.000-04:002008-11-01T23:19:00.000-04:00Pneumonia?!? I'm so sorry to hear that. And all ...Pneumonia?!? I'm so sorry to hear that. And all the rest of the turmoil -- I hope it has calmed down. Hope to talk to you soon,<BR/>- CatherineCatherine Bordenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09146808110428164915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790396293521449566.post-52403984643108250552008-10-31T12:21:00.000-04:002008-10-31T12:21:00.000-04:00Thanks, Jessica.Thanks, Jessica.Ashley Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04767912859236943934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790396293521449566.post-5333598796970935062008-10-31T11:30:00.000-04:002008-10-31T11:30:00.000-04:00What a great song. And what a great Ashley, of who...What a great song. And what a great Ashley, of whom I am most proud.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12259793873174346128noreply@blogger.com