(Mental Hygiene Series)
6. “I shall open my eyes and ears.
Once every day I shall simply stare at a tree, a flower, a cloud, or a person.
I shall not then be concerned at all to ask what they are but simply be glad
that they are. I shall joyfully allow them the mystery of what C.S. Lewis calls
their "divine, magical, terrifying and ecstatic" existence.” (Clyde
Kilsby)
I rarely take time to stare at a tree, a flower, or
a cloud. I glance briefly and then move on to my thoughts. I do tend to maintain eye contact with
people. I find them much more complicated, so I don’t take anyone at face value. One of
the reasons I like C.S. Lewis is that he looked at things with a mystical perspective
while remaining rational. He allowed for the mystery of God, saw glimpses of
the Divine in nature, and subsequently realized his own shrinking significance.
So today’s mental hygiene habit is to take time to
appreciate the wonder of creation and accept the mystery of the Creator.
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