Just Humans: Imperfection

I had a really interesting conversation with my professor yesterday about the humanity of all the different authors and people that we study.

The conversation stemmed from dialogue while in Oxford sitting in the pub that C.S. Lewis and the Inklings would meet in once a week. We talked about how C.S. Lewis is easily idolized, especially by the the Christian community. Don't get me wrong, I am a huge fan of C.S. Lewis' work. He was a genius man, but I also realize his humanity. People often take offense when you talk about how Lewis suffered from PTSD from seeing men die right in front of him during the War, or the fact that he swore like a sailor and drank a little too much. He is in fact, in danger of being built up too high, and presiding over the Christian community with some sort of intellectual angelic status when he was just a man. He was brilliant but he suffered from the marring of sin just as much as any other human.

It got me thinking about how we are all humans (thank you, captain obvious) and that we all make mistakes, have successes, attempt, fail, break, celebrate, want, strive...

you get the picture.

WE ARE ALL HUMAN. 

It reminds me of...

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them."

From Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

Yet another genius very fallen man.

(I also, just wanted to quote him because we visited the Globe Theatre this week.) 

I want remember the people who have fought for what they believed to be right, had the courage to pen new ideas, and who lived life dangerously in order that I might have opportunity, but I also want to remember their humanity, that they weren't perfect and that it is ok that they weren't perfect. After all, it is the humanity that can allow us to be inspired to realize that we too can be great. It is not the perfection of the world that causes us to question the way we live it is, in fact,, the imperfection.

Thanks for listening to my ramblings.

Cheerio!

Bethany Rose

ps. 

Fun highlights of this week....

-The British Museum and the Rosetta Stone

-Seeing 39 Steps

-Taking a boat ride on the river Thames

-Seeing the Prime Meridian at Greenwich 

-Visiting Oxford

-Sitting in The Eagle and the Child, the pub that the Inklings used to meet in and have a pint.

-Seeing Anthony and Cleopatra at the Globe Theatre.