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“I had yet to learn that all human relationships end in pain – it is the price that our imperfection has allowed Satan to extract from us for the privilege of love.” – Douglas H. Gresham (Introduction to A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis)
The introduction to C.S. Lewis’ personal account describing the loss of his wife hits home with this terribly profound statement. The book only picks up speed as it hurtles through a detailed thoughtflow of loss and sorrow; one man’s view of the grief that threatens to overwhelm a survivor.
While specifically written with the death of a spouse in mind, this book provides invaluable insight into the separation from any loved one. Lewis delves into great detail surrounding the mental anguish one finds himself enveloped in as an unavoidable side-effect of the separation.
While only four short chapters, this book is concise yet evokes powerful recall emotions for anyone who has suffered such a loss. Nevertheless, the redundancies of Lewis’ similies provide a mental understanding that lends perspective to our feeble minds. For example, in the matter of human suffering Lewis lays out a deliberate argument. If God is non-existent there is no purpose in begging him to stop. If God is completely cruel, he will not be moved by our pleas and there is no purpose in begging him to stop. But finally, if God is all powerful, acting with our best interest in mind, as a veterinarian operates to save the life of an animal, there is no point in begging him to stop, for it would be cruel for the surgeon to finish before his work is done. It is logical progressions such as these that Lewis is famous for, and which remain true through his writing despite his overarching sorrow.
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