CS Lewis was an atheist in his youth. He described himself as being "very angry with God for not existing." He was later influenced by arguments with his Oxford colleague and Catholic friend J. R. R. Tolkien, and by G.K. Chesterton's book, The Everlasting Man. He slowly rediscovered Christianity. He came to believe in the existence of God although he fought greatly against it. He describes his last struggle in Surprised by Joy:

You must picture me alone in that room in Magdalen, night after night, feeling, whenever my mind lifted even for a second from my work, the steady, unrelenting approach of Him whom I so earnestly desired not to meet. That which I greatly feared had at last come upon me. In the Trinity Term of 1929 I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed: perhaps, that night, the most dejected and reluctant convert in all England.

It sounds incredibly similar both in feeling and action. God wanted me to hit bottom. Not for him, but so I would see Him. I had been blind and deaf, stupid and ignorant.

My best friend told me of her similar experience and I relate her advice, and my 'awakening' with these words, 'I was trying to find myself by looking to the core of my humanity. I was looking in the wrong place. There is fault in being human. It is the Divinity within me that I must listen to, trust completely."

Born in Northern Ireland, CS Lewis was awarded many honorary doctorates for his accomplishments, but he found self- passion in Renaissance literature and Poetry.

What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what kind of a person you are.

Move. Change where you are standing. You are missing the world if you stay in the same spot. What's the saying about grass growing under your feet? You need to find yourself to know you need to move.

Clive Staples Lewis, or more commonly known to his friends as 'Jack', is most recognized for his literary work, The Chronicles of Narnia.

God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.

Maybe its because we turn to Him the most during those times. We should always be listening...

This week we turn to the great author and story-teller CS Lewis...

The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal.

I wonder why the pain feels so much greater? Is it because we don't really appreciate the happy times? We coast through them without even thinking. We should all be a bit more grateful.

There was no third-party quote that could embody the words being felt, so this is a new creation.

No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time to look inside yourself, view how you are living life, see your faults, surrender your ego and yourself to what is just.

I have found myself living in ignorance far too long and its penalty far greater than ever imagined.

Nobel Prize Peace Awardee, the Most Reverend Desmond Mpilo Tutu said these words,

Without forgiveness, there's no future.

American actress and sex symbol Mae West was the Diva of Vaudeville and a shining star in the hype of Hollywood birth.

Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.

Ladies, this one's for you.

Born in 1854, the Irishman, Poet, Novelist, Dramatist and an opinionated Critic,
Oscar Wilde sharply stated,

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

I don't know exactly what that means,
but I like it.

Sixth American President and eldest son of the second US President, John Quincy Adams stated,

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

Why do we find it so difficult to have patience?