The Generosity of Selfishness: C.S. Lewis on How to Be Interesting
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Our lives are defined not by what we have but what we give — on what and whom we spend our energy and time, how we share our material possessions and our mental powers, what we do with our gifts. “Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you," Annie Dillard wrote in contemplating the nature of creativity. "You open your safe and find ashes.” Paradoxically, the ability to give hinges on the ability to receive: You must be rested in order to labor, taking the repose it takes to recharge your vital energies; you must be… read article
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