"If there lurks in most modern minds the notion that to desire our own good and earnestly to hope for the enjoyment of it is a bad thing, I submit that this notion has crept in from Kant and the Stoics and is no part of the Christian faith. Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Godpels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased." (C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory, courtesy of John Piper in Desiring God)
Sorry for the extra long quote, but when I mentioned looking to what I want as the single source of drive for happiness, I thought of Lewis' words- one of my favorite quotes. Too many times lately I have found myself losing focus and thinking about what I'm missing in life. But what that actually is is unbelief in the goodness of the God I claim to know.
Ok, I got that out. Speaking of smarter, dead people, I'm going to go a different direction and talk about history- my favorite subject. But later. Textbooks call...
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